This archival photo shows the system test configuration for Voyager on October 1, 1976. The spacecraft's 10-sided bus is visible behind the catwalk railing in the foreground. The boom that holds several of the spacecraft's science instruments arches above the railing.
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Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune | |
System | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune | |
Target Type | Planet | |
Mission | Voyager | |
Instrument Host | ||
Host Type | Flyby Spacecraft | |
Instrument | ||
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Color | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2017-07-05 | |
Date in Caption | 1976-10-01 | |
Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21729 | |
Identifier | PIA21729 |