Stunning Video Tribute to NASA’s Voyager Space Program

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In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 1 and 2 into space, and they are still exploring our solar system today. Voyager 2 has made its way past Uranus and Neptune and it is expected to enter interstellar space sometime this year, where it will provide the first direct measurements of the density and temperature of the interstellar plasma.

The Voyager spacecraft are expected to be able to operate science instruments through 2020, when limited power will require instruments to be deactivated one by one. Sometime around 2025, there will no longer be sufficient power to operate any science instruments.

Santiago Menghini has created and released a stunning tribute to the Voyager Space Program that you’ve got to watch. It came with the following description:

Travel along with the Voyager spacecrafts as they traverse the solar system on their planetary expedition spanning over three decades.

This film showcases the images and sounds of the solar system through the real photographs and plasma frequencies received by the voyager crafts.

This kind of stuff is so cool and mind blowing! Enjoy the video!

Travel along with the Voyager spacecrafts as they traverse the solar system on their planetary expedition spanning over three decades. A film by - Santiago Menghini santiagomenghini.com/voyagers This film showcases the images and sounds of the solar system through the real photographs and plasma frequencies received by the voyager crafts. Featuring The Golden Record - Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record Containing the sounds, music, & images of earth by Carl Sagan, F.D. Drake, Ann Druyan, Timothy Ferris, Jon Lomberg, and Linda Salzan. Visuals, Edit, & Sound by Santiago Menghini Sound Design by Pascal Plante Sound Mix by Giuliu Wehrli Jimmy Carter (voice) by Dave Callaway Voyager 3D Model by Andrew Simonenko Visuals Created with the use of photographs and textures from: NASA/JPL, NASA/CICLOPS, NASA/GODDARD Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, ESA, U.S. Geological Survey, Bjorn Jonsson, & Other unknown online sources. The film is a tribute to the voyager missions. Nemesis Films Inc. 2015

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