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Voyager spacecraft

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are identical three-axis-stabilized, radioisotope-powered NASA spacecraft launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets. Both now operate in interstellar space as part of the Voyager Interstellar Mission.

Voyager spacecraft
NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology / Kennedy Space Center · NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC asset; the exact NASA Images record PIA21743 identifies this byte-matched archival photograph as Voyager 2 at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility in August 1977. Wikimedia Commons records the same NASA-origin file as public domain in the United States. NASA’s current Images and Media Usage Guidelines generally permit factual, informational, or editorial use with NASA attribution and without implying NASA endorsement. The image includes identifiable personnel; commercial, promotional, merchandise, or other uses involving people, NASA identifiers, or protected third-party rights may require separate clearance; verify before such use. · Source
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Aliases
Voyager probesVoyager interstellar spacecraft
Family Name
Voyager
Full Name
Voyager spacecraft
Roles
interplanetary_probeflybyresearch
Status
active
Type
spacecraft

Details

Description
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are identical three-axis-stabilized, radioisotope-powered NASA spacecraft launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets. Both now operate in interstellar space as part of the Voyager Interstellar Mission.
First Flight Year
1,977
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Propulsion Configurations
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    Name
    Voyager hydrazine propulsion and attitude-control installation
    Notes
    Integrated Voyager hydrazine subsystem only. The 16 mission-module thrusters and eight propulsion-module reaction engines are separated by role and module. The separate cold-nitrogen reaction-control subsystem and Voyager solid motor are intentionally omitted because this packet models only the documented hydrazine system.
Spacecraft Specs
Reusability
expendable

Links

Official Url
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/spacecraft/

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Creation Time
July 14, 2026 at 22:00:00 UTC
Updated Time
August 13, 2026 at 19:06:06 UTC
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