This archival photo shows the Voyager proof test model, which did not fly in space, in the 25-foot space simulator chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, on December 3, 1976. The spacecraft is seen here with its scan platform, which holds several of its science instruments, in the deployed position.
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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 | 1976-12-03 | |
Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21734 | |
Identifier | PIA21734 |