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Voyager 6 is a fictional spacecraft featured (as "V-ger") in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, loosely based on the real life Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes. The help of scientists from NASA was employed to make the probe's design credible.
Voyager 2, launched 1977 August 20, and Voyager 1, launched 1977 September 05 -- both of which were lofted into space on a Titan 3 'E-Centaur' launch vehicle -- were the last two spacecraft of NASA's Mariner series, as well as the first in that series to be sent to explore the outer solar system.
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