space hard MCQ

Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune.

  1. True - flew by both in 1986/1989
  2. False - Voyager 1 also visited
  3. True - but New Horizons visited Neptune
  4. False - no spacecraft visited Uranus

Answer: True - flew by both in 1986/1989

Voyager 2 conducted Uranus flyby Jan 1986 and Neptune flyby Aug 1989; no subsequent missions have visited ice giants, leaving major knowledge gaps.

Topic Space Missions - Deep Space
Exam Relevance UPSC Prelims, General Science