Question 1

True or false: Voyager 2 carries a golden record with sounds and images of Earth.

Accepted Answer

True. Like Voyager 1, it carries a phonograph record meant to communicate human culture to any extraterrestrial finder.

Question 2

True or false: Voyager 2 discovered that Saturn's rings are made entirely of ice particles.

Accepted Answer

False. Saturn's rings contain mostly ice, but also rocky debris and dust; Voyager 2 found they're not pure ice.

Question 3

True or false: Voyager 2 was launched on August 20, 1977.

Accepted Answer

True. NASA launched Voyager 2 from Cape Canaveral on that date to explore the outer planets.

Question 4

True or false: Voyager 2 discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io.

Accepted Answer

False. Voyager 1 actually discovered Io's volcanoes; Voyager 2 later confirmed and studied them in more detail.

Question 5

True or false: Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have flown by Neptune.

Accepted Answer

True. No other spacecraft has visited Neptune; Voyager 2 remains the sole flyby in 1989.

Question 6

True or false: Voyager 2 became the only spacecraft to visit all four gas giants after its Neptune flyby in 1989.

Accepted Answer

True. Voyager 2 flew by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The 1989 Neptune encounter marked the completion of the grand tour; no other spacecraft has visited Uranus or Neptune.

Question 7

True or false: Voyager 2 was launched after Voyager 1, but reached Jupiter first.

Accepted Answer

False. Voyager 2 launched before Voyager 1, but Voyager 1 took a faster trajectory and reached Jupiter first.

Question 8

True or false: Voyager 2 used a slingshot maneuver around Saturn to reach Uranus.

Accepted Answer

True. Its trajectory leveraged Saturn's gravity to bend its path toward Uranus, a rare planetary alignment.

Voyager 2 Trivia Questions