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The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.
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Voyager 2
NASA space probe launched in 1977
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program. It was launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants and enabled further encounters with the ice giants. The only spacecraft to have visited either of the ice giant planets, it…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Uranus
Seventh planet from the Sun
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which astronomy calls "ice" or volatiles. The planet's atmosphere has a complex layered cloud…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 24
Day of the year
January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 341 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)