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The Farthest
2018 · Film · documentary · 121 min
Directed by Emer Reynolds
The captivating tales of the people and events behind one of humanity's greatest achievements in exploration: NASA's Voyager mission.
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I have not see the posted video, but this documentary, It's Quieter in the Twilight, was great. The Farthest was also excellent.
https://www.pbs.org/the-farthest/
I always recommend https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6223974/ The Farthest; a wonderful film.
Voyager is the highest technical achievement of humankind to this day. Amount of knowledge we gained from that shuttle, run by a computer having a power of the computer that we have today in our car keys, is invaluable.
Let it fly in peace, maybe, some day, it will be only reminiscence of our civilization and planet Earth, crossing the universe...
There is a great documentary about Voyager- The Farthest - highly recommended.
There's a nice 2017 documentary about Voyager called The Farthest [1]. It includes interviews with many of the now very old team members, and they do exude (deserved) pride, and a still fresh sense of wonder that they pulled it off.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farthest
It's not particularly "deep", but The Farthest [1] is a nicely constructed documentary of the Voyager program featuring interviews with many of the relevant people.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farthest
“The Farthest” is an extremely well made documentary which is well worth the watch if you want to see this guy and others in their element.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6223974/
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For anyone not familiar with the Voyager missions I highly recommend the 2017 documentary _The Farthest_
The Farthest (2017) A documentary about the Voyager space probes, and the people who built them, launched them, and who continue to keep them operating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farthest
I seem to recall from the documentary "The Farthest" that Voyager actually transmits data almost continuously, but that most of it is lost forever because the capable ground stations are only ever tuned to it for brief, scheduled windows.
Re>> "The scientists who undertook this project knew it was the next generation that would benefit from the knowledge"
Yes. The scope/lifetime of the spacecraft was only to explore the outer planets. The scientists and engineers who designed and built it took it upon themselves to ensure it could stay within the budgetary constraints and exceed the mission scope. Everyone interested in Voyager should watch the documentary "The Farthest" - great documentary!
Not a comment of the article itself, but for anyone interested in both Voyagers, PBS recently did a great documentary called "The Farthest". I highly recommend it.
http://www.pbs.org/the-farthest/home/
That joke was actually used on President Nixon. It’s mentioned in the movie The Farthest.
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.3.20170811a/full/
https://www.werstreamt.es/film/details/1521627/the-farthest/
I watched the documentary The Farthest (really good, highly recommend https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6223974/) on Netflix a few weeks ago. I might be misremembering; feel free to fact check me.
If you haven't watched it yet, "The Farthest: Voyager in Space" is an incredibly great documentary recently released by PBS
https://www.netflix.com/title/80204377
Netflix: "The Farthest: Voyager in Space" (2017) - "This documentary chronicles NASA's 1977 launch of twin space probes, sent to capture images of remote planets and bear messages from Earth."
https://www.netflix.com/title/80204377
Neat timing on this resubmit. I just watched The Farthest on a flight this week. It's a neat movie that gives interesting (and human) context to the mission and those who executed it. I'd definitely recommend it as a watch for anyone even nominally interested in space exploration.
For anyone with an interest in Voyager, I highly recommend Emer Reynolds film, "The Farthest". This documentary is brilliant, beautiful, and funny - and I guarantee that you will learn something that you didn't know about Voyager!
For those in the UK, it's currently streaming on iPlayer - though it should ideally be seen in cinemas to be fully appreciated.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6223974/
If this moves you, you will certainly enjoy the documentary "The Farthest" about the Voyager missions. You can stream it on PBS.
PBS will have a documentary about the Voyager spacecrafts on Wed at 9 EST called The Farthest.