A robotic space probe launched by NASA to study the outer solar system, now the most distant human-made object from Earth and the first to enter interstellar space, which it did in 2012.
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Spacecraft Type ManufacturerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) 3 StatusOperational; still transmitting from interstellar space as of the mid-2020s on a shrinking power budget. 2 Status
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Voyager 1 exceeded the Sun escape velocity from its position
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1. Voyager 1 (Wikipedia)
- Voyager 1's extended mission is expected to continue to return scientific data for several more years
- In Group: Outer Solar System and Giant Planet Probes, Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program, to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. It was l
Part Of: Voyager Program, Lead paragraph, part-of
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program, to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere.
Mission Of: Voyager Program, Lead paragraph, mission-of
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program, to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere.
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3. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationVoyager 1, Wikipedia - spacecraft components section
Voyager 1 was built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Voyager 1, Mission background section
Initially, Voyager 1 was planned as Mariner 11 of the Mariner program
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