200323y ago
Observatory
Spitzer Space Telescope launched
The final Great Observatory, Spitzer studied the infrared universe for 16 years — revealing dust-shrouded star births and the first direct detection of exoplanet light.
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On This Day in Space
25 August
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2
Year range
1989 – 2003
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198937y ago
Flyby
Voyager 2 Neptune flyby
Twelve years and 4.5 billion kilometres after launch, Voyager 2 gave humanity its first and still only close-up look at Neptune and its moon Triton.