We’ve been looking at other planets through telescopes for four centuries. But if you really want to get to know a place, there’s no substitute for being there. And in the past decade, more than 20 spacecraft have ventured into the deepest reaches of our solar system. These probes, unlike the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories that merely orbit Earth, have actually traveled to other planets and approached the Sun, sending back pictures that humble or awe, even as they advance astronomers’ understanding of our corner of the universe.
Link to the article and many images at the Smithsonian site. Thanks to Boing Boing.
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