Voyager

[ voi-uh-jer ]

noun

1. one of a series of U.S. space probes that obtained scientific information while flying by the planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus.

Voyager

/ ˈvɔɪədʒə /

noun

1. either of two US spacecraft that studied the outer solar system; Voyager 1 visited Jupiter (1979) and Saturn (1980), Voyager 2 visited Jupiter (1979) and Saturn (1981) and made the first flyby of Uranus (1986) and Neptune (1989)

Example Sentences

A member of Voyager’s optical navigation team, Linda Morabito, spotted an odd, mushroom-shaped feature extending off the edge of Io while she was trying to plot the spacecraft’s position on March 9, 1979.

From Science News

The Voyager flyby did offer hints that there’s more to Uranus than meets the eye.

From Nautilus

More surprising, Voyager’s instruments showed that Uranus’s magnetic field is tilted 60 degrees relative to its axis, as if your compass needle pointed to Houston instead of the north pole.

From Nautilus

The simulation shows a significant fraction of a galaxy can be settled in a relatively short period of time, even with ships traveling no faster than the Voyager spacecraft.

From Singularity Hub 

It sent gold-plated music albums and photos on the Voyager 1 and 2 space probes.

From Washington Post

The television shows were prolific: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise.

From The Daily Beast

Not Now, Voyager: A Memoirby Lynne Sharon Schwartz The acclaimed author expertly reflects on travel.

From The Daily Beast

The voyager embarks, and is in all probability confined to his cabin, suffering under the dreadful protraction of seasickness.

From Project Gutenberg

The air voyager in this description of balloon had formerly many difficulties to contend with.

From Project Gutenberg

At the worst, an abstract ideal is pemmican to carry the voyager through the long nights until the ice begins to break.

From Project Gutenberg

The night was very dark, and as the huge voyager had no "light out" the Advance could not be censured for running foul.

From Project Gutenberg

Many an early voyager was unexpectedly caught by this hook, and found himself embayed.

From Project Gutenberg

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