August 20, 1977, the NASA space probe Voyager 2 was launched. 2 weeks later, Voyager 1 was launched.
Now, both are outside the reach of our solar system, in interstellar space.
These two vehicles will almost definitely survive longer than humanity, maybe even longer than the Earth and our solar system itself. I think sending these probes out is far and away the coolest thing the human race has ever done.
We are (were) here!
Happy 47th anniversary Voyagers!
Have a great day!
Very cool. I absolutely love our space program.
Me too! The US space program is falling by the wayside unfortunately.
They lost contact with one of them but then re-established.
Yes, very recently I was glad when NASA got it working again.