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Sunday, January 18, 2026

Tag: Voyager

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Tribute to Voyager space program is damn inspiring

ward 29/06/2016

Here is an amazing video made by a talented fellow called Santiago Menghini. It’s a tribute to NASA’s Voyager space program and combines real footage, recorded sounds, Voyager images, animation and more, into a very cool little film.

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Pale Blue Dot Photo

ward 16/02/2015

25 years ago, Voyager 1 turned round and took a picture of the Earth from 3.7 billion miles away. It is known as the Pale Blue Dot photo and it’s amazing.

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The Sound of Space – Voyager has left the system.

ward 16/09/2013

Voyager 1 was launched in September 1977, 36 years ago. I was 5 years old and it has remained an awe inspiring achievement throughout my life.

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