In the summer of 1977, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on an epic journey into interstellar space. Each of the Voyager probes carries a golden record, a compilation of images and sounds meant to represent our planet to any distant civilisations that should encounter them. ‘The launching of this bottle into the cosmic ocean says something very hopeful about life on this planet,’ said Carl Sagan, the golden record’s co-creator. Sagan met and fell madly in love with his future wife Ann Druyan while working on the golden record. The project became their love letter to humankind and to each other.
A film about Carl Sagan, Annie Druyan and a love letter they sent to the stars
Director: Penny Lane
20 December 2013
videoSpace exploration
Embark on an interstellar, operatic adventure with the Voyager spacecrafts
15 minutes
videoCosmology
A stunning vision of the possibilities of humanity’s expansion into space
4 minutes
videoHistory of science
Prelude to the space age – the 1960 film that inspired ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
28 minutes
videoAstronomy
Imagery from Saturn becomes a breathtaking glimpse of a neighbouring world
2 minutes
videoSpace exploration
Mind-bending speed is the only way to reach the stars – here are three ways to do it
5 minutes
videoSpace exploration
Burning ice, metal clouds, gemstone rain – tour the strangest known exoplanets
31 minutes
videoBiography and memoir
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground, and brilliant is that song drifting through space
3 minutes
videoSpace exploration
Think pollution is just an on-Earth problem? Anthropocene junk is in space too
2 minutes
videoAstronomy
How an unplanned picture from Apollo 8 altered humanity’s perspective of Earth
30 minutes