Voyager 2 was a 20th century NASA space probe that visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune before leaving the Sol system on 5 November 2018 to become an interstellar probe.
History[]
NASA approved six Voyager series probes in May 1972. All probes in the series were built to virtually the same specifications, each consisting of 65 thousand individual parts. Those included a thermoelectric power generator, plasma and cosmic ray detectors, and a memory bank capable of holding 500 million bits. (Star Trek: The Magazine vol. 2, Issue 8: "Briefing: V'Ger")
Voyager 2 was launched 20 August 1977. On 9 July 1979, it made its closest approach to Jupiter. It photographed Saturn and several of its moons in 1981. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology, historical accounts)
The 21 January 2024 edition of the Los Angeles Times featured an article quoting Doctor Musa, chief engineer of the Argosy Foundation, about Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 having taken photos of Jupiter's moon Europa in the 1970s. (PIC episode: "Watcher")
In 2273, James T. Kirk showed NASA's records from the Starfleet archives to V'Ger's Ilia probe proving that Voyager 2 was launched from Earth. (Phase II episode: "In Thy Image")
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Connections[]
| Voyager program space probes | |||
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| United States of America, NASA (primary universe) |
Voyager 1 • Voyager 2 • Voyager 3 • Voyager 4 • Voyager 5 • Voyager 6 • V'ger (evolved probe) |  
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| Terran Empire, TASA (mirror universe) |
Conqueror VI • C'qer (evolved probe) |  
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| Interstellar and deep space probes | ||
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| United States (NASA) | Pioneer 10 • Voyager series (Voyager 1 • Voyager 2 • Voyager 6) |
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| United Earth | Milky Way probe • Stellar series (Nomad • UNSS U Thant) • Wells series (Drake probe) | 
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| Federation Starfleet | gravimetric microprobe • Kepler series (Orpheus) • Quadros series (1 • 3 • 4) • Starfly One Bioprobe | 
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| Others | Barzan probe • C/2018-G2 • Cetacean Probe • Conqueror VI • Cytherian probe • Janvar Five • Kataan probe • Kelvan Expeditionary Return Probe • Kukulkan's probe • "Pup" • Tan Ru | 
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References[]
- Phase II episode: "In Thy Image"
- ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology
- ST reference: The Star Trek Encyclopedia (noted under Voyager 6 listing)
- Star Trek: The Magazine vol. 2, Issue 8: "Briefing: V'Ger" (Voyager series)
- PIC episode: "Watcher"
- PIC episode: "Two of One"
External links[]
- Voyager 2 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Voyager 2 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Voyager 2 article at NASA's website.