The Journeys of Voyager by Robin Kerrod, Prion*, pp 80, Pounds sterling 9.95 pbk
NOTHING in the astounding history of space exploration can compare with the flight of Voyager 2. In the 13 years since its launch from Earth, it has covered more than seven billion kilometres, passing Jupiter and Saturn in the wake of its sister ship Voyager 1 before heading out to take the first close-up looks at the remote blue planets Uranus and Neptune. Now it is heading out of the Solar System towards the stars, still in touch with its makers on Earth.
Along the way its cameras recorded enthralling sights: storms in the multicoloured clouds of Jupiter, and sulphur volcanoes on its moon Io; the dazzling rings of Saturn and their shepherd moonlets; a clutch of new moons and rings around Uranus and Neptune; a dark storm in Neptune's atmosphere and ice geysers on its ...
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