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  • 5 September 1977

    Voyager

    1 video
    • SEA

  • 20 August 1977

    Voyager 1 and Voyager 2

    The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 mission, launched in 1977, sent two uncrewed probes past the giant planets and on towards interstellar space. Crew size was zero, and the facts record the outcome as a success.

    2 videos
    • Curious Droid
    • Kosmo

  • New Horizons

    • Atlas V

    Before New Horizons, the best picture of Pluto was a blur of a few pixels from the Hubble Space Telescope. The probe could not stop, because it carried fuel only for small course changes, so everything had to be measured in a single fast flyby.

    2 videos
    • Astrum
    • DCODE by Discovery

  • Voyager 1

    Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, were designed to take advantage of a rare alignment of the outer planets that comes once every 176 years.

    8 videos
    • Astrum
    • Beyond Horizons
    • Actual Space

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  1. New Horizons at Pluto: Heart, Mountains and 20 Haze Layers

    Astrum

  2. New Horizons at Pluto: Flyby, Computer Reset and Ice Volcano

    DCODE by Discovery

  3. Voyager Probes: Engineering Choices That Kept Them Running

    Astrum

  4. Voyager 1 and 2: From the Grand Tour to Interstellar Space

    SEA

  5. Voyager, Pioneer and New Horizons: Where the Probes End Up

    Curious Droid

  6. Voyager 1 and 2: From the Grand Tour to Interstellar Space

    Beyond Horizons

  7. Would a Voyager 3 Still Carry a Golden Record? Storage Compared

    Curious Droid

  8. Voyager 1 and 2: Launch, Grand Tour and Crossing into Interstellar

    Actual Space

  9. Voyager 1 and 2: Planetary Flybys and the Road to Interstellar Space

    Kosmo

  10. Voyager 1 Nears One Light-Day: Thrusters, Power and the Big Bang

    Googol Space

  11. Voyager 1 Pale Blue Dot: Why the Cameras Looked Back in 1990

    Anaxa

  12. Voyager 1 Reaches One Light-Day: Power, Memory and the Golden Record

    NumberShock

  13. Voyager 1 and 2: Planetary Tour to One Light-Day From Earth

    Deep Orbit Stories

  14. Voyager 1: How It Proved It Had Reached Interstellar Space

    Oruvi
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Voyager 1: How It Proved It Had Reached Interstellar Space

Oruvi

Duration 7:46

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  1. Would a Voyager 3 Still Carry a Golden Record? Storage Compared

    Mission explainerCurious Droid · 13:09

    Mission: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 (1977)

  2. Voyager, Pioneer and New Horizons: Where the Probes End Up

    Mission explainerCurious Droid · 17:43

  3. Voyager 1 Reaches One Light-Day: Power, Memory and the Golden Record

    Mission explainerNumberShock · 5:38

    Mission: Voyager 1

  4. Voyager 1: How It Proved It Had Reached Interstellar Space

    Mission explainerOruvi · 7:46

    Mission: Voyager 1

  5. Voyager 1 Nears One Light-Day: Thrusters, Power and the Big Bang

    DocumentaryGoogol Space · 30:51

    Mission: Voyager 1

  6. Voyager 1 and 2: Planetary Tour to One Light-Day From Earth

    DocumentaryDeep Orbit Stories · 19:59

    Mission: Voyager 1

  7. Voyager 1 Pale Blue Dot: Why the Cameras Looked Back in 1990

    Mission explainerAnaxa · 10:12

    Mission: Voyager 1

  8. Voyager 1 and 2: Launch, Grand Tour and Crossing into Interstellar

    DocumentaryActual Space · 1:30:41

    Mission: Voyager 1

  9. Voyager 1 and 2: From the Grand Tour to Interstellar Space

    DocumentaryBeyond Horizons · 2:54:15

    Mission: Voyager 1

  10. Voyager 1 and 2: Planetary Flybys and the Road to Interstellar Space

    DocumentaryKosmo · 52:15

    Mission: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 (1977)

  11. Voyager 1 and 2: From the Grand Tour to Interstellar Space

    DocumentarySEA · 44:42

    Mission: Voyager (1977)

  12. New Horizons at Pluto: Heart, Mountains and 20 Haze Layers

    Mission explainerAstrum · 13:44

    Mission: New Horizons

  13. Voyager Probes: Engineering Choices That Kept Them Running

    Mission explainerAstrum · 13:53

    Mission: Voyager 1

  14. New Horizons at Pluto: Flyby, Computer Reset and Ice Volcano

    DocumentaryDCODE by Discovery · 19:39

    Mission: New Horizons

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