Spacecraft
Voyager 1
Also Known As Mariner 11
Space Probe
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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) 2 StatusOperational; still transmitting from interstellar space as of the mid-2020s on a shrinking power budget. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. NASA History Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationVoyager 1, Wikipedia - spacecraft components sectionQuote, Voyager 1, Wikipedia - spacecraft components section
Voyager 1 was built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationVoyager 1, Mission background sectionQuote, Voyager 1, Mission background section
Initially, Voyager 1 was planned as Mariner 11 of the Mariner program
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