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Launched in the summer of 1977, Voyager was the audacious first mission that would visit all the outermost planets. This documentary tells the story of the mission through firsthand accounts of those who made the mission possible. They are a small band of resourceful, ambitious, and passionate men and women who reached for the stars and succeeded. Please note this title contains potentially offensive language and contains mature themes.
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In 1977, Voyagers I and II left Earth for deep space exploration and a close-up view of the edges of our solar system. Reveals how the space shuttles used the gravitational fields from surrounding planets to slingshot themselves through the outer planets. Voyager II's graphics and real pictures of Neptune and Uranus help explain their features, axis, rings and moons, and magnetic fields. Also notes some peculiar facts about each.
Learn about the Voyager 2 mission to Neptune in this video from NASA. Voyager 2 reached Neptune in 1989 and discovered the planet appears due to the methane in its atmosphere. The mission also revealed Neptune has at least four rings, six moons, and an interesting weather system.
When Carl Sagan was a young boy he went to the 1939 World's Fair. His life was changed forever, and from that day on he never stopped marveling at the universe and seeking to understand it better. As a child, Carl spent his days star gazing from the bedroom window in his Brooklyn apartment. As an adult, he became an internationally renowned scientist who worked on the Voyager missions. Based on the children's book by Stephanie Roth Sisson.
