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Voyager program

American scientific program consisting of the probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2

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The Voyager program is an American scientific mission that sent two robotic probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, to explore the outer planets and beyond. These spacecraft have traveled farther from Earth than any human-made objects, providing valuable scientific data about the distant reaches of our solar system.

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Official website: voyager.jpl.nasa.gov
Image: Voyager probes with the outer worlds.jpg

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dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2020-00-00
inception: 1977-00-00
Commons category: Voyager program
start time: 1977-00-00

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A poster of the planets and moons visited during the Voyager program.

The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They were launched in 1977 to take advantage of a favorable planetary alignment to explore the two gas giants Jupiter and Saturn and potentially also the ice giants, Uranus and Neptune—to fly near them while collecting data for transmission back to Earth. After Voyager 1 successfully completed its flyby of Saturn and its moon Titan, it was decided that Voyager 2 would continue on its pre-planned trajectory to fly by Uranus and Neptune.