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    Question

    What is the name of the NASA mission launched in the

    summer of 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida to study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere?
    A Pioneer Mission Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Apollo Mission Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Voyager Mission Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Galileo Mission Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Magellan Mission Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched by NASA in separate months in the summer of 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. As originally designed, the Voyagers were to conduct closeup studies of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn's rings, and the larger moons of the two planets.

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