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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

  • Hera

    1 video
    • European Space Agency, ESA

  • Artemis II

    Artemis II was the first crewed flight of the Artemis programme and the first time people had flown to the Moon since Apollo 17. Orion Integrity was the first crewed spacecraft to fly on the Space Launch System.

    5 videos
    • Everyday Astronaut
    • NASA

  • 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 1 and 2: From the Grand Tour to Interstellar Space

    Beyond Horizons

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

    Curious Droid

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

    Actual Space

  8. Artemis II Countdown: Crew Boards Orion on SLS at Pad 39B

    Everyday Astronaut

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

    Kosmo

  10. Hera at Didymos: Plan for Two CubeSats and a Close Asteroid Look

    European Space Agency, ESA

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

    Googol Space

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

    Anaxa

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

    NumberShock

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

    Deep Orbit Stories

  15. 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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All the videos

  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. Artemis II Countdown: Crew Boards Orion on SLS at Pad 39B

    Launch coverageEveryday Astronaut · 8:03:45

    Mission: Artemis II

  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. Hera at Didymos: Plan for Two CubeSats and a Close Asteroid Look

    Mission explainerEuropean Space Agency, ESA · 4:22

    Mission: Hera

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

    DocumentaryActual Space · 1:30:41

    Mission: Voyager 1

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

    DocumentaryBeyond Horizons · 2:54:15

    Mission: Voyager 1

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

    DocumentaryKosmo · 52:15

    Mission: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 (1977)

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

    DocumentarySEA · 44:42

    Mission: Voyager (1977)

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

    Mission explainerAstrum · 13:44

    Mission: New Horizons

  14. Voyager Probes: Engineering Choices That Kept Them Running

    Mission explainerAstrum · 13:53

    Mission: Voyager 1

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

    DocumentaryDCODE by Discovery · 19:39

    Mission: New Horizons

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