Probe passes Uranus; next stop Neptune

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: January 25, 1986| Author: William Hines | Copyright information

PASADENA, Calif. The hardy little spacecraft Voyager 2 scooted past the distant planet Uranus on schedule at noon, Chicago time, yesterday to make it three for three in its unprecedented dash through the outer solar system.

Flashing across the face of the 32,000-mile-diameter planet at a distance of 50,679 miles above the cloud tops, Voyager picked up speed from Uranus' powerful gravity field and headed toward its fourth and final planetary port of call, Neptune, a billion miles fa...

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