Voyager 1 - The Farthest Journey of Mankind!
Channel: STUDIO de CONTINUUM
Date: 2021-07-08

Short Documentary by Studio De Continuum
The Farthest Journey of Mankind

September 5th, 1977. 
The Voyager 1 spacecraft was launched by NASA. Voyager mission marks the dawn of a new era in space exploration.
The space probe was a part of a mission, organized to study the outer space system. 
At a distance of 22.8 billion km or 14.1 billion miles, it is the most distant human-made object from Earth.
Having operated for more than 43 years, the voyager probe still communicates with the Space network to receive commands and transmit data back to Earth.
It was one in a lifetime alignment of the four outer giant planets and the Voyager program was designed to use their planetary gravitational assist to maintain and gain mission trajectories while studying the outer solar system.
March 5th, 1979
Voyager 1 in its closest approach to Jupiter at a distance of about 349,000 kilometers (217,000 miles) from the planet's center, revealed significant data about magnificent wonders of the Jovian world such as the storms, the giant red spot, and the volcanic activity on its moon lo, just to name a few.
Voyager 1 also allowed us to observe the complex ring system and the moons around Saturn and the gas giant itself. The space probe was also able to collect data about titan and its complex atmosphere.
The Voyager 1 probe exited the heliopause and entered interstellar space on August 25, 2012. It was the first space probe to do so and It took a photo of the solar system from outer space. Soon afterward its cameras were deactivated.
The Voyager 1 spacecraft has three radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) to power scientific instruments onboard.
The probe carries a gold-plated record of audio and visuals from the earth in case if it is found by any intelligent lifeform. The voyager's golden record contains greetings in 55 different languages, photos of earth and its life-form, a collection of music, voices of animals, and many other scientific pieces of information. 
In December 2017, NASA fired up all four of Voyager 1's trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) thrusters.
Currently, only 4 out of the 10 scientific installations are working. The RTGs are expected to generate enough power to operate scientific instruments up till 2025. After that the Voyager will wander the Milky Way, hoping to be found by some intelligent life form.



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