How Voyager 2 Threaded The Needle Through Space

In this video, we examine the amazing physics and navigation systems that made the incredible lifelong journey of NASA's Voyager 2 space probe through our solar system possible. From approaching Neptune, the furthest planet in our solar system, to continuing its journey some 20 billion kilometers from Earth, we explore the remarkable technology that enabled this probe to escape our solar system and navigate through the vast expanse of space.

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00:00 How Voyager 2 Escaped The Solar System
01:05 How Voyager 2 Used Gravity Assists
03:31 How Voyager 2 Left Our Solar System
04:59 About Voyager 2's Navigation System
06:55 How Well Did Voyager 2's Navigation System Work?

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[TallDude]

All those calculations, all that precision, with 1970s technology. So amazing. Going farther than anything had gone before.

[hankstanley]

Love how we're still talking about Voyager almost 50 years later - shows the intelligence (and some luck) of the engineers and team members! Keep trucking Voyager!!

[darthnosam]

The nasa engineer that discovered the alignment is my great uncle, Gary Flandro he just turned 90. I’ve met him several times he’s a cool guy, he told me that they even used some of his hand calculated trajectories in the final launch

[popeye]

Fun fact: Voyager 1 was launched almost at the same time as Voyager 2 and was also capable of making the full four-planet tour but it was deliberately directed to take a much closer look at Saturn's moon Titan instead because of the unusual properties of that satellite. (it's the only moon with substantial atmosphere) This trajectory made it impossible for Voyager 1 to continue on to Uranus and Neptune.

[iFlow_]

Its mindblowing to think that it is even possible to get something from here on earth to another place so far away so accurately, actually insane.

[HyrubatoMusic]

It's so insane to know how smart we humans are. That we can calculate and execute such exact journeys. Absolutely mindblowing.

[GordonGordon]

My goodness. The engineering required for this is insane. Just mind boggling. Thanks for showing it in such an understandable fashion!

[jackyu]

Voyager 2 arrived at Jupiter 1.4 seconds late and only 60km off course! Simply amazing! Till this day, I still watch Voyager 2-related videos. This probe has a special place in my heart.

[furn]

Can't even state just how amazing that was, engineers really are geniuses!

[AsmodeusMictian]

The Voyager probes are probably my favorite "space ship". They were launched when I was still quite young...sadly too young to really remember. They've been with me my whole life, and frankly are one of the reasons that I have been fascinated my entire life by space and science in general. Soon my friends will go silent as they continue their eternal journey, and I will miss them terribly.

[CalorieSnackPack]

It's insane to think about the amount of math involved with this and being able to live in an era where I get to enjoy the results including the photos of far away planets in our solar system.

[alexdelara]

Just remember this kiddos: when you think Jupiter is far away, remember that Neptune is a staggering 5 times (roughly) the distance Sun-Jupiter...

[cmbunit]

Great overview of the systems involved, what an amazing journey.

[interestingstation]

4 Billion Km journey. That’s insane. Love the content.

[blockled]

I really love how advanced space travel has gotten. Using stars, the sun, and radio signals to find your way back seems so cool to me!

[_timelapmaker_]

The precision and calculations that mustve gone into that is mindblowing

[chickynuggych]

Crazy what they did back then. I’m so hyped for the upcoming testflight of Starship. I can’t wait and hope that it will lift of.

[ewartlambert]

This gives perspective into why “rocket science” is the benchmark for apex intelligence…by earth standards 😮

[dan_chen]

Only by mentioning the 42km/s threshold can I really wrap my head around the brilliance of Voyager 2's travel. It managed to escape that much pull and is still somehow moving at a constant 17km/s

[solomonliu]

I discovered your channel just now, and this video told me everything I need to know about your channel. The way you explained everything was so simple, yet so effective. It’s insane how they figured out complex space science/math back then, can’t wait to see what the future will hold. Relating to starship, I think the flight test will go somewhat smoothly, since they have experience with the falcon boosters. Although, I’m sure some problems will arise, but making mistakes is all part of becoming better!