Voyager 40th Anniversary

Toroid

Founding Member
Voyager 1&2 are nearly 40 years old and are still transmitting data back to Earth from a distance of 13 billion miles.
Voyager Spacecraft Sail On, 40 Years After Launch
Nearly 40 years after lifting off, NASA's historic Voyager mission is still exploring the cosmos.

The twin spacecraft launched several weeks apart in 1977 — Voyager 2 on Aug. 20 and Voyager 1 on Sept. 5 — with an initial goal to explore the outer solar system. Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and Saturn, while its twin took advantage of an unusual planetary alignment to visit Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

And then the spacecraft kept on flying, for billions and billions of miles. Both remain active today, beaming data home from previously unexplored realms. Indeed, in August 2012, Voyager 1 became the first human-made object ever to reach interstellar space. [Photos from Voyager 1 and 2's Grand Tour]

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nivek

As Above So Below
I've been checking on the status of the Voyager probes, its been an interest of mine for years...They are far out in space by our standards of distance, astronomically speaking they are still in our backyard though...

I know it's a remote chance given the vastness of space but I hope no malignant Alien species finds those probes and trace them back to us...It could be certain doom...
 

3FEL9

Islander
I Love the Voyager probes and the good intentions and faith ppl put in them... they still alive and kickin sending data back
Thats the only true smart phones man ever created.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
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Toroid

Founding Member
Both Voyager 1 & 2 have a record. Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry is on the list. That was depicted in the Back to the Future Movie. Steve Quayle said there are giants in the Solomon/Sol Moon Islands. Notice, The Sacrifice, Hell's Vengeance & Devil Bird.
Voyager Golden Record - Wikipedia
Voyager - Music on the Golden Record

Disc one
No. Title Length
1.
"Greeting from Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations" 0:44
2. "Greetings in 55 Languages" (by Various Artists) 3:46
3. "United Nations Greetings/Whale Songs" (by Various Artists) 4:04
4. "The Sounds of Earth" (by Various Artists) 12:19
5. "Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. Allegro (Johann Sebastian Bach)" (by Munich Bach Orchestra/Karl Richter) 4:44
6. "Ketawang: Puspåwårnå (Kinds of Flowers)" (by Pura Paku Alaman Palace Orchestra/K.R.T. Wasitodipuro) 4:47
7. "Cengunmé" (by Mahi musicians of Benin) 2:11
8. "Alima Song" (by Mbuti of the Ituri Rainforest) 1:01
9. "Barnumbirr (Morning Star) and Moikoi Song" (by Tom Djawa, Mudpo, and Waliparu) 1:29
10. "El Cascabel (Lorenzo Barcelata)" (by Antonio Maciel and Los Aguilillas with Mariachi México de Pepe Villa/Rafael Carrión) 3:20
11. "Johnny B. Goode" (by Chuck Berry) 2:41
12. "Mariuamangɨ" (by Pranis Pandang and Kumbui of the Nyaura Clan) 1:25
13. "Sokaku-Reibo (Depicting the Cranes in Their Nest)" (by Goro Yamaguchi) 5:04
14. "Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau (Johann Sebastian Bach)" (by Arthur Grumiaux) 2:58
15. "The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), K. 620, Act II: Hell's Vengeance Boils in My Heart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)" (by Edda Moser/Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus/Wolfgang Sawallisch) 3:00
16. "Chakrulo" (by Georgian State Merited Ensemble of Folk Song and Dance/Anzor Kavsadze) 2:21
Disc two
No. Title Length
1.
"Roncadoras and Drums" (by Musicians from Ancash) 0:55
2. "Melancholy Blues (Marty Bloom/Walter Melrose)" (by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven) 3:06
3. "Muğam" (by Kamil Jalilov) 2:35
4. "The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps), Part II—The Sacrifice: VI. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) (Igor Stravinsky)" (by Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Igor Stravinsky) 4:38
5. "The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870 (Johann Sebastian Bach)" (by Glenn Gould) 4:51
6. "Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67: I. Allegro Con Brio (Ludwig van Beethoven)" (by Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer) 8:49
7. "Izlel e Delyu Haydutin" (by Valya Balkanska) 5:04
8. "Navajo Night Chant, Yeibichai Dance" (Ambrose Roan Horse, Chester Roan, and Tom Roan) 1:01
9. "The Fairie Round (Anthony Holborne)" (by Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow) 1:19
10. "Naranaratana Kookokoo (The Cry of the Megapode Bird)" (by Maniasinimae and Taumaetarau Chieftain Tribe of Oloha and Palasu'u Village Community) 1:15
11. "Wedding Song" (by young girl from Huancavelica, recorded by John Cohen[47]) 0:42
12. "Liu Shui (Flowing Streams)" (by Guan Pinghu) 7:36
13. "Bhairavi: Jaat Kahan Ho" (by Kesarbai Kerkar) 3:34
14. "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" (by Blind Willie Johnson) 3:32
15. "String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Opus 130: V. Cavatina (Ludwig van Beethoven)" (by Budapest String Quartet)


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Sheltie

Fratty and out of touch.
According to Wikipedia, there are about 2,000 stars within 50 light years of our solar system. Approximately 15% of them could possibly have Earth-like planets in the habitable zone. That means there could be a few hundred inhabited planets now receiving our radio broadcasts. Still, it's hard to imagine those old broadcasts could travel that far without significant decay.
 
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