The spacecraft that successfully photographed Neptune on a 1989 flyby mission was
A) Pioneer.
B) Viking.
C) Voyager.
D) Magellan.

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The Voyager spacecraft (specifically, Voyager 2) performed a successful flyby of Neptune in 1989 and captured the first up-close images of the planet and its moons. Pioneer and Viking missions were not designed to explore the outer planets, and Magellan was a spacecraft that mapped the surface of Venus.

The Spacecraft That Successfully Photographed Neptune on a 1989 Flyby