Source: NASAĪround this time, the scientist and popularizer of science Carl Sagan came up with the idea to use the unique position of Voyager 1 in order to take an image of our planet from a record distance. Farewell photo of Saturn taken in 1980 by the Voyager 1 spacecraft leaving its vicinity. Therefore, it became the fastest spacecraft in history. Source: MacRebiszĪfter the passage of Titan, Saturn’s gravity noticeably accelerated Voyager 1 and sent it “up” in relation to the plane of the ecliptic (thus, the Earth messenger was able to observe the Solar System “from above”).
As for Voyager 1, its program included a visit to Titan, which excluded the further possibility of sending the spacecraft to other planets of the Solar System. And after Saturn, their paths parted forever. The spacecraft had an identical design, but different flight plans. Their target was the giant planets of the Solar System. In 1977, NASA launched a pair of Voyager probes. So, on the occasion of the International Earth Day celebrated today, we would like to tell the story of this amazing image. The famous popularizer of science, Carl Sagan, took several years to convince the aerospace administration. What is much less known is that initially NASA did not want to take such a photo. The image was taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 spacecraft from an incredible distance of 6 billion kilometers.
This is the name of perhaps the most famous photo of our planet in history. Most fans of astronomy and cosmonautics have probably heard the term Pale Blue Dot.
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