Space Sunday: Voyager 2 Tattoo

I was happy to check our email this morning when we got this tattoo sent to us… and though I usually feature spaceflight tattoos on Saturdays, I thought it would be perfect to feature it on Sunday still.

Launched on August 20th, 1977, Voyager 2 became one of the most productive space probes ever, with visits to four planets and their moons including Uranus and Neptune — both previously unexplored.

It was the flyby of Neptune and it’s moon Triton that inspired the tattoo featured here.  Our contributor, Heather, explains:

“When Voyager 2 flew by Neptune in 1989, NASA streamed the images live to several planetariums. My dad took me to see the images as they came in, and it’s one of my big childhood memories, and one of the things that really got me into astronomy and physics. So for my 30th birthday, I got a tattoo of Voyager 2 with Neptune and Triton.”

The tattoo was created by Matt Dunlap of All or Nothing Tattoo in Atlanta, GA.

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