Voyager 1
Farthest human-made object
Voyager 1 is a NASA space probe launched in 1977 to study the outer planets.
After flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, it continued outward and in 2012 became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space.
Still transmitting data from over 15 billion miles away, it remains the most distant spacecraft from Earth: Voyager 1 carries a golden record with sounds and images of Earth.
Federal space exploration bureau
- JPLRobotic spacecraft research facility
- Jet Propulsion LaboratoryNASA spacecraft development facility
- space probeRobotic interplanetary research vessel
- 1977Four-digit date
Carl Sagan · launch · Grand Tour · mission control · magnetometer · data transmission · nuclear battery
Early explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- time capsuleSealed trove for descendants
- greetingsExpressions upon meeting
Astronomical distance measure
- astronomical unitEarth-to-Sun distance standard
- deep spaceRemote regions beyond planets
- radio signalBroadcast electromagnetic wave
- recedingMoving away from observer
Sun-dominated space bubble
- heliopauseSolar system's outermost boundary
- Oort cloudTheoretical cometary halo
- cosmic rayEnergetic particle from space
- solar windContinuous stellar particle emission
Broadcast signal receiver
- thrusterEngine providing forward force
- attitude controlRegulating rotational position
- gyroscopeSpinning disc measuring orientation
- onboard computerIntegrated vehicle processor
instruments · camera · trajectory · gravity assist · flyby · thermal control · bus
NASA
Federal space exploration bureau
- JPLRobotic spacecraft research facility
- Jet Propulsion LaboratoryNASA spacecraft development facility
- space probeRobotic interplanetary research vessel
Carl Sagan · 1977 · launch · Grand Tour · mission control · magnetometer · data transmission · nuclear battery
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- time capsuleSealed trove for descendants
- greetingsExpressions upon meeting
light-year
Astronomical distance measure
- astronomical unitEarth-to-Sun distance standard
- deep spaceRemote regions beyond planets
- radio signalBroadcast electromagnetic wave
heliosphere
Sun-dominated space bubble
- heliopauseSolar system's outermost boundary
- Oort cloudTheoretical cometary halo
- cosmic rayEnergetic particle from space
antenna
Broadcast signal receiver
- thrusterEngine providing forward force
- attitude controlRegulating rotational position
- gyroscopeSpinning disc measuring orientation
onboard computer · instruments · camera · trajectory · gravity assist · flyby · thermal control · bus
- space probesNew Horizons, Cassini, Galileo, Juno, Rosetta
- Voyager MissionGrand Tour, interstellar space, heliopause, JPL
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, rocket ships, space shuttles
- 1977Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, disco, punk rock, Sex Pistols
- Jupiter explorationEuropa, Io, Ganymede, Callisto, Great Red Spot
- Voyager-relatedinterstellar space, Janeway, Seven of Nine, deep space probe, golden disc
Voyager 1International Space Station
Crewed research outpost in orbit
Hubble Space Telescope · GPS satellite · Sputnik 1 · GPS satellites · earthbound
Voyager 1manned spaceflight
Human space travel
Apollo 11 · Space Shuttle · manned mission · Soyuz · human spaceflight
- Voyager 2Interstellar NASA spacecraft
- Star Trek Voyager
- Voyager programDual probe deep-space mission
- Voyager missionsSpacecraft exploring beyond planets
- Voyager probesInterstellar exploration spacecraft