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Tech Tales
Jun 3, 2022
The Voyager Program: Part 3
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NASA's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes continued their trip through the solar system throughout the 1980s and 1990s. While Voyager 2 captured the first images of Uranus and Neptune, scientist Carl Sagan pushed for NASA to power up Voyager 1's cameras for one last time. Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Cody Toombs. Check out Cody on Twitter (@Cody_Toombs) and Mastodon (@CodyToombs@mstdn.io). Discuss this episode on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TechTalesPodcast Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechTalesShow Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales Support the Show: https://techtalesshow.com/support Photos: • https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/images-voyager-took/uranus/ • https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/images-voyager-took/neptune/ • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Family_portrait_(Voyager_1).png Sources: • https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4219/Chapter11.html • https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/timeline • https://www.npr.org/2010/02/12/123614938/an-alien-view-of-earth • https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar-mission • https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1977-084A • https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/voyager-mission-anniversary-computers-command-data-attitude-control/ • https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/magazine/the-loyal-engineers-steering-nasas-voyager-probes-across-the-universe.html • https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/DPSummary/Descanso4--Voyager_ed.pdf
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