The Farthest Voyager In Space
It will reach its next star in 40 000 years.
The farthest voyager in space. Over 12 billion miles from earth a gangly ship sails through interstellar space. In 2012 voyager 1 left our solar system and ushered humanity into the interstellar age. The development of the program the launch the early and later breathtaking photographs of jupiter saturn uranus and neptune as well as their moons and the legendary voyager gold record in which carl sagan attempted to convey a sense of what the human race is like for any alien race that might discover the voyagers.
Directed by emer reynolds. The farthest voyager in space launched in 1977 nasa s epic voyager missions revolutionized our understanding of jupiter saturn uranus neptune and their spectacular moons and rings. Voyager in space revisits the development launch and discoveries of the two voyager spacecraft on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of their launch.
Voyager in space celebrate the pbs summer of space by revisiting the unforgettable voyager missions. Voyager 1 which left our solar system and ushered humanity into the interstellar age in 2012 is the farthest flung object humans have ever created. Launched in 1977 under president jimmy carter both voyager crafts have left our solar system for interstellar space voyager i in 2012 and voyager ii in 2015 taking the famous golden record artifacts of humans on earth further than any other human made item.
It is one of humankind s greatest achievements. The emmy award winning the farthest returns to pbs for one night only on july 31. With frank drake carolyn porco john casani lawrence krauss.