The Voyager space probes, the furthest man-made objects from Earth, were launched 40 years ago this upcoming week (in the case of Voyaged 2, launched August 20th 1977 – Voyager 1 was launched later, in September of 77), and as such NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are doing a bit of a celebration, to say the least.
I’ll be covering more about Voyager in the upcoming weeks, but for now, this little video where some of the people at JPL discuss the probes, what they taught us, and what they can still teach us nearly half a century later.
Oh, and it goes without saying the music and emotion here are just perfect, but my favourite point in the video is the footage of the Titan-Centaur (or, Titan IIIE as it is more properly known) launches that sent the probes on their journeys.
Again, more will be coming in the upcoming weeks. For now, enjoy this video. Stick around.