The farthest spacecraft, still sending data from interstellar space
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Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on 5 September 1977, flew past Jupiter and Saturn, and in August 2012 became the first spacecraft to cross into interstellar space. It was built for a five-year mission, and NASA is still receiving its data nearly five decades later.
8 video perspectives
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An explainer on the engineering choices that let the Voyager probes keep working for about 45 years, including plutonium-238 power generators, backup thrusters, onboard computers and 8-track tape…
Published 11 Aug 2023
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A long documentary on the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes, from the Grand Tour concept and spacecraft design to the golden record and the discoveries at Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the edge…
Published 28 May 2025
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A documentary on NASA's twin Voyager probes, from the 1970s planetary alignment and the 1977 launches through the encounters with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Published 21 Mar 2026
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On February 14, 1990, after 12 years of travel, Voyager 1 was commanded to turn its cameras back toward the inner solar system at Carl Sagan's request.
Published 1 Nov 2026
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