mickeyd
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What were you doing 36 years ago? I don't recall either.
I vaguely recall the Golden Record and that Carl Sagan was involved. But not much more. Why is it that this monumental human endeavor has been ignored by me?
Voyager - The Interstellar Mission
Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space. The NASA spacecraft, which rose from Earth on a September morning 36 years ago, has traveled farther than anyone, or anything, in history.› more
I vaguely recall the Golden Record and that Carl Sagan was involved. But not much more. Why is it that this monumental human endeavor has been ignored by me?
The primary mission was the exploration of Jupiter and Saturn. After making a string of discoveries there -- such as active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io and intricacies of Saturn's rings -- the mission was extended. Voyager 2 went on to explore Uranus and Neptune, and is still the only spacecraft to have visited those outer planets. The adventurers' current mission, the Voyager Interstellar Mission (VIM), will explore the outermost edge of the Sun's domain.
Voyager - The Interstellar Mission