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Voyager 2 Neptune Encounter with Suzy Dodd

Source: NASA
Published: August 21, 2014

In this Voyager Update from the night of the Neptune encounter (25 August 1989), now Voyager Project Manager, Suzy Dodd speaks with such guests as Jay Holberg and Bill Kurth concerning the Voyager results.

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