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Neptune - Missions to Neptune

The only spacecraft to ever visit Neptune is the Voyager 2 probe. The Voyager 2 probe was launched on August 20, 1977 and reached Neptune on August 24, 1989. The Voyager 2 probe detected faint bands as well as some faint cloud patterns on Neptune.

In addition, you may want to check out AeroSpaceGuide. This site has some interesting facts as well as mission summaries.

There are no further plans to send a probe to Neptune.

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