Voyager program

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The Voyager program is a NASA mission that launched the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft in 1977 to explore the outer planets and interstellar space, becoming one of humanity’s most significant and long-lived space exploration efforts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space exploration program
planetary exploration program
communicationNetwork Deep Space Network
surface form: NASA Deep Space Network
containsArtifact Voyager Golden Record project
surface form: Voyager Golden Record
country United States of America
surface form: United States
hasPart Voyager 1
Voyager 2
includesInstrument cosmic ray subsystem
imaging science system
infrared interferometer spectrometer
magnetometer
photopolarimeter
planetary radio astronomy instrument
plasma spectrometer
ultraviolet spectrometer
launchSite Cape Canaveral
surface form: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
launchVehicle Titan IIIE
launchYear 1977
managingOrganization Jet Propulsion Laboratory
missionDuration long-duration
notableFor first detailed exploration of Jupiter by a spacecraft pair
first detailed exploration of Saturn by a spacecraft pair
first flyby of Neptune
first flyby of Uranus
first spacecraft to enter interstellar space
operator NASA
primaryObjective exploration of outer planets
resultedInDiscovery Geysers on Triton
active volcanism on Io
complex structure of Saturn's rings
magnetic field of Neptune
magnetic field of Uranus
new moons of Jupiter
new moons of Saturn
scientificDiscipline astrophysics
heliophysics
planetary science
secondaryObjective study of interstellar space
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraftType uncrewed space probe
startDate 1977-08-20
1977-09-05
status ongoing
target Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
heliosphere
interstellar medium
usesSpacecraft Voyager 1
Voyager 2

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Flight Data Subsystem mission Voyager program
Voyager 1 missionExtension Voyager program
this entity surface form: Voyager Interstellar Mission
Titan IIIE-Centaur notableMission Voyager program
Jet Propulsion Laboratory notableProject Voyager program
imaging science system partOf Voyager program
subject surface form: Imaging Science System
Voyager Golden Record project partOf Voyager program
Voyager 1 program Voyager program
Voyager 2 program Voyager program
Space Age significantEvent Voyager program
this entity surface form: Voyager interstellar missions
Centaur usedForMission Voyager program
this entity surface form: Voyager missions