Carl Edward Sagan was born on November 9, 1934, in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of New York City's Brooklyn borough.
Carl Sagan lahir di Brooklyn, New York, pada tanggal 9 November 1934.
Following two years as an associate professor, Sagan became a full professor at Cornell in 1970 and directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies there.
Sagan kemudian menjadi profesor penuh di Universitas Cornell pada 1971 dan memimpin laboratorium di sana.
Sagan was among the first to hypothesize that Saturn's moon Titan might possess oceans of liquid compounds on its surface and that Jupiter's moon Europa might possess subsurface oceans of water.
Sagan juga termasuk orang pertama yang berpendapat bahwa bulan yang dimiliki Planet Saturnus dan Jupiter yaitu Titan dan Europa, kemungkinan besar memiliki laut (pada kasus Europa berupa laut bawah tanah) atau danau.
Europa's subsurface ocean of water was later indirectly confirmed by the spacecraft Galileo.
Belakangan, keberadaan laut bawah tanah Europa secara tidak langsung dikonfirmasi oleh pesawat luar angkasa Galileo.
He wrote the introduction to Stephen Hawking's bestseller A Brief History of Time.
Carl Sagan juga menulis kata pengantar dalam buku laris karya Stephen Hawking yang berjudul A Brief History of Time.
Sagan was chief technology officer of the professional planetary research journal Icarus for 12 years.
Sagan pernah menjadi pemimpin redaktur jurnal Icarus (jurnal profesional yang menaruh perhatian terhadap penelitian mengenai planet) selama 12 tahun.
He co-founded The Planetary Society and was a member of the SETI Institute Board of Trustees.
Ia turut membentuk Planetary Society dan salah satu anggota dewan pengawas SETI Institute.
The landing site of the uncrewed Mars Pathfinder spacecraft was renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station on July 5, 1997.
Pada tanggal 5 Juli 1997, sebagai penghormatan terhadap Carl Sagan, lokasi pendaratan pesawat luar angkasa tanpa awak Mars Pathfinder dinamai Carl Sagan Memorial Station.
In an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise entitled "Terra Prime", a quick shot is shown of the relic rover Sojourner, part of the Mars Pathfinder mission, placed by a historical marker at Carl Sagan Memorial Station on the Martian surface.
Pada salah satu episode Star Trek: Enterprise, sebuah adegan singkat memperlihatkan relik kendaraan Sojourner yang merupakan bagian dari misi Mars Pathfinder, ditempatkan oleh suatu alat di Carl Sagan Memorial Station, di permukaan planet Mars.
The marker displays a quote from Sagan: "Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you."
Pada alat itu tercantum tulisan yang diambil dari salah satu ucapan Sagan yang cukup terkenal, "Apa pun alasanmu berada di Mars, saya bahagia kamu ada di sana, dan saya berharap saya ada di sana denganmu.
Conversations with Carl Sagan (1st ed.).
Conversations with Carl Sagan.
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.
Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi.
Poundstone, William (1999).
; Poundstone, William (1999).
New York: Henry Holt and Company.
New York: Henry Holt & Company.
Carl Sagan: A Biography.
Carl Sagan: A Life.
Carl Sagan's Universe.
Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos.