The Voyager spacecrafts were launched by the United States in 1977 to explore our Solar System’s gas giants – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – and then interstellar space, where they’re still gathering valuable information. In addition to their mission of exploration, they’re also on a mission of communication: each craft is equipped with a ‘golden record’ featuring sounds and images of life on Earth, and information about our place in the cosmos, intended as a message to any extraterrestrial beings that might find them. Combining animation, archival photographs, videos, images, sounds and a sweeping, operatic score, Santiago Menghini’s short film Voyagers is a stunning tribute to one of humanity’s most ambitious – and idealistic – projects.
Embark on an interstellar, operatic adventure with the Voyager spacecrafts
Director: Santiago Menghini
Website: Nemesis Films
videoSpace exploration
A film about Carl Sagan, Annie Druyan and a love letter they sent to the stars
16 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
Burning ice, metal clouds, gemstone rain – tour the strangest known exoplanets
31 minutes
videoSpace exploration
Mind-bending speed is the only way to reach the stars – here are three ways to do it
5 minutes
videoCosmology
A stunning vision of the possibilities of humanity’s expansion into space
4 minutes
videoSpace exploration
Think pollution is just an on-Earth problem? Anthropocene junk is in space too
2 minutes
videoAstronomy
The history of astronomy is a history of conjuring intelligent life where it isn’t
34 minutes
videoCosmology
Lava, ice and hints of life – an immersive 360° tour of volcanism in our solar system
5 minutes