The Farthest (2017)
12 billion miles and counting...
poster The Farthest
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8.1/10 (3807 votes)

Country:Ireland, 121 minutes

Spoken Languages:English, Portuguese, Hungarian, Greek, Hindi, Arabic

Genres:Documentary, History

Director(s):Emer Reynolds

Video Codec:Unknown

Number: 2838

Storyline:
Is it humankind's greatest achievement? 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space. It is the first human-made object ever to do so. Slowly dying within its heart is a plutonium generator that will beat for perhaps another decade before the lights on Voyager finally go out. But this little craft will travel on for millions of years, carrying a Golden Record bearing recordings and images of life on Earth. In all likelihood Voyager will outlive humanity and all our creations. It could be the only thing to mark our existence. Perhaps some day an alien will find it and wonder. The story of Voyager is an epic of human achievement, personal drama and almost miraculous success. Launched 16 days apart in Autumn 1977, the twin Voyager space probes have defied all the odds, survived countless near misses and almost 40 years later continue to beam revolutionary information across unimaginable distances. With less computing power than a ...

Cast:

photo Frank Drake
Frank Drake Self
photo Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence Krauss Self
photo Edward Stone
Edward Stone Self
photo Fran Bagenal
Fran Bagenal Self
photo Jon Lomberg
Jon Lomberg Self

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