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Voyager probes

Recorded year1977

Two spacecraft tour the outer planets and later reach interstellar space.

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Built on

Information theoryRecorded · 1948requires
Stored-program computerRecorded · 1948requires
Error-correcting codesRecorded · 1950enables
Atomic clockRecorded · 1955requires
First satelliteRecorded · 1957enables
Integrated circuitRecorded · 1958enables
Radioisotope power generatorRecorded · 1961enables

Led to

An archive sent to the starsRecorded · 1977enables
Europa ocean exploredForecast · ~2031enables
Venus cloud outpostsForecast · ~2037enables
Solar-system-scale experimentsForecast · ~2040enables
Uranus orbiter and probeForecast · ~2045enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.