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Voyager
[voi-uh-jer]
noun
one of a series of U.S. space probes that obtained scientific information while flying by the planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus.
Voyager
/ ˈɔɪəə /
noun
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
Footage posted online by Palestine Action on Friday showed two people inside the Oxfordshire airbase in darkness, with one riding on a scooter up to an Airbus Voyager and spraying paint into its jet engine.
Footage posted online by Palestine Action on Friday shows two people inside the Oxfordshire airbase in darkness, with one riding on a scooter up to the Airbus Voyager air-to-air refuelling tankers and appearing to spray paint into its jet engine.
When Olga takes Elio to a space museum, he falls in love with the solitary crusade of the Voyager probe whose golden record of wonders, curated by the astronomer Carl Sagan, is hurtling through the galaxy in search of someone who will listen.
Even the names Glordon and Glorp might be a nod to the Voyager’s known flight plan, which in 40,000 years is expected to have its first-ever close encounter with a star named Gliese 445.
This will include a Voyager transport aircraft - a fleet extensively used in the UK's support for Ukraine - and the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows, famous for their red, white and blue smoke trails in the sky.
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