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A '''voyager''' is a person who travels, especially as an [[explorer]]. The equivalent [[French language|French]] term ''[[voyageur]]'' is used to describe early French Canadian [[fur trade]]rs and explorers who usually travelled by [[canoe]]. The voyageurs evolved from the ''[[coureur des bois]]''.
It may also mean any of the following:
===In aerospace===
*[[Voyager program]], a NASA unmanned space program
** ''[[Voyager 1]]'', an unmanned spacecraft, launched September 5, 1977, and the farthest man-made object from Earth
** ''[[Voyager 2]]'', an unmanned spacecraft, launched August 20, 1977
*[[Voyager program (Mars)]], a planned, but canceled series of probes to the planet Mars
* [[Voyager (communications satellite)]], an American [[OSCAR]]-series amateur radio satellite launched in 2006
* [[VSS Voyager|VSS ''Voyager'']], the proposed second vessel of the Virgin Galactic suborbital tourism fleet
* [[Rutan Voyager]], the first airplane to fly around the world without refueling
===In computing and electronics===
*Voyager, the code name for the [[HP-10C series]] of handheld programmable calculators
*[[LG Voyager]], the mobile phone manufactured by LG Electronics
*[[NCR Voyager]], a computer platform from NCR Corporation
*[[Voyager (Computer worm)]], a potentially damaging computer worm affecting Oracle databases
*[[Voyager (library program)]], the integrated library system from Endeavor Information Systems, now part of Ex Libris Group
*[[Voyager (web browser)]], a web browser for the Amiga range of computers
*[[Voyager components]] the supplier of electronic components
===In land transport===
*[[Voyager (train)|Voyager]], diesel-electric high-speed multiple-unit trains built by Bombardier Transportation for use on the British railway network
*[[Virgin Voyager]] and [[Super Voyager]], two forms of trains
*[[Plymouth Voyager]] or [[Chrysler Voyager]] brands of minivan
===In literature===
*[[Voyager Books]], an imprint of HarperCollins specializing in fantasy novels.
*[[Voyager (novel)|''Voyager'' (novel)]], a 1992 time travel romance novel written by Diana Gabaldon
*The Voyagers Trilogy by [[Ben Bova]], which include the novels ''Voyagers'' (1981), ''The Alien Within'' (1986), and ''Star Brothers'' (1990)
===In movies, television and gaming===
'''Movies'''
*''[[Now, Voyager]]'', a 1942 American film
*[[Voyager 6]], a fictional NASA space probe that evolved sentience as [[V'ger]] in ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' (1979)
*[[The Voyager Company]], a laserdisc and multimedia CD-ROM publisher in the 1980s and 1990s
*''[[The Voyager]]'', a 1991 German film, titled ''Homo Faber'' in German
'''Television'''
*''[[Voyagers!]]'', an NBC time travel TV series, broadcast 1982 - 1983
*''[[Earth Star Voyager]]'', a 1988 TV series pilot that aired on the ''Wonderful World of Disney''
*''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', a syndicated science fiction TV series, produced 1995 - 2001
**[[USS Voyager (Star Trek)|USS ''Voyager'' (Star Trek)]], the titular starship of the series
'''Games'''
*[[Testament (Xenosaga)#Voyager|Voyager]], aka the Black Testament, a character in the [[Xenosaga (series)|Xenosaga]] game
===In music===
* [[Minimoog Voyager]], a synthesizer designed by Robert Moog
'''Musicians'''
* [[Voyager (band)|''Voyager'' (band)]], a British pop-rock band active between 1979 and 1981
* [[Voyager (Metal Band)|''Voyager (Metal Band)'']], an Australian progressive metal band from Perth
* [[VOYAGER (band)|''VOYAGER'' (band)]], an American doom/post-metal band from the Boston area, formed in 2007
'''Albums and songs'''
*[[Long Distance Voyager]], a 1981 album by the Moody Blues
*[[Voyager (Space Needle album)|Voyager]], a 1995 album by [[Space Needle (band)|Space Needle]]
*[[Voyager (album)|''Voyager'']], a 1996 album by Mike Oldfield
*"Voyager," a song from the 2001 Daft Punk album ''[[Discovery (Daft Punk album)|Discovery]]''
===In ocean-going vessels===
'''Military'''
*[[HMAS Voyager|HMAS ''Voyager'']], a Royal Australian Navy destroyer
*[[HMS Voyager (D31)|HMS ''Voyager'' (D31)]], a Royal Navy V-class destroyer
*[[USS Voyager (SP-361)|USS ''Voyager'' (SP-361)]], a US Navy motorboat
'''Civilian'''
*''[[Voyager of the Seas]]'', the first of Royal Caribbean International's five ''Voyager''-class cruise ships
==See also==
*[[Voyageur]], the French word for voyager or traveller
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