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Voyager is a space exploration program overseen by NASA. Two identical probes were launched in 1977 to study the more distant planets in the Solar System. Their primary missions completed, the two probes are currently drifting out of the known Solar System. Both probes are expected to continue transmitting data until the year 2020.
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Fast Facts
- Constructed Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, both identical to one another
- Voyager 2 launched: August 20, 1977
- Voyager 1 launched: September 5, 1977
- Mass during launch: 2,100 kilograms
- Mass after launch: 825 kilograms
- Both carried into space by expendable rocket systems
- Sent to study the "gas giant" planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
- Completed primary missions on August 25, 1989
- Currently heading out of the Solar System
- Originally built to last only five years, both probes are expected to continue sending back data until 2020NASA-JPL: Voyager - Mission Overview
- Data revealed on December 11, 2007 that the Solar System is shaped differently than once thought
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Both of the Voyager spacecraft carry a phonograph record made out of gold. Messages of greeting and peace were recorded in 55 languages as a sort of "message in a bottle" for any intelligent life that may locate the Voyager probes. Dr. Carl Sagan headed the committee that oversaw the contents of the probes.NASA-JPL: Howdy, Strangers (August 19, 2002) -
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NASA: Voyager Mission website
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Wikipedia: Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and Voyager Program
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The Planetary Society: Space Missions: Voyager
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UCR Space Physics: 25 Years of Voyager: An Epic Journey
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[Paradox Voyages]: Comment voyager gratuitement sur le A380 (+ hotel) d'Air France ? http://bit.ly/37R7Yf
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...have Voyager 2110 router connected to hard drive with ethernet cable in office, also use laptop at home (next door - 12 metres away)
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RT @Hypress: wow i cant believe someone i met 5 mins ago asked me to give them some voyager miles to book themselves a flight.» Tsk tsk tsk
@ComicalTshepo | November 12, 2009 10:41 AM -
buying the new Star Trek: Voyager/TNG novel "Before dishonor", "Herztier" is at least partially an autobiography, and the test is in 1 hour!
@leonard93 | November 12, 2009 10:38 AM
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View All Voyager Questions (41) | Ask a QuestionHave archeologist found pottery from the Japan in South America suggesting a oceanic voyage? (1 Answer)Some theories, controversial, have suggested exactly such contact between Japan and South America, particularly regions now in Peru and Ecuador. A overview of the hypothesis can be found in http://books.google.com/books?id=C8GLGNrxxQMC&pg=PA398&lpg=PA398 ... read moreWhich phone should I get: The Voyager 2 or the enV Touch? (2 Answers)It really is not possible to suggest a phone to someone if we don't know what you are looking for the phone to do... what are key factors for your ... read more
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Voyager Timeline
- September 5, 1977: Voyager 1 launched
- August 20, 1977: Voyager 2 launched
- January 1979: Voyager 1 begins photographing Jupiter
- July 9, 1979: Voyager 2 flies by Jupiter
- November 1980: Voyager 1 flies by Saturn
- August 26, 1981: Voyager 2 flies by Saturn
- January 24, 1986: Voyager 2 flies by Uranus
- August 25, 1989: Voyager 2 flies by Neptune
- January 1, 1990: Both Voyager 1 & 2 enter Voyager Interstellar Mission
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The Voyager Golden Record
- Wikipedia: Voyager Golden Record
- GoldenRecord.org: Images, sounds and music of Earth
- NASA: The Golden Record: Celebrating 25 Years of Discovery
- NASA: Greetings From Earth to the Universe in 55 Different Languages
- CED Magic: Technical details about the Voyager Interstellar Record
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