For a more detailed study of the planets Jupiter and Saturn on September 5, 1977, NASA launched the robotic space probe Voyager - 1. The probe was the first to send Earth detailed images of Jupiter, Saturn and their satellites. One of the discoveries was the volcanic activity on the satellite of the planet Jupiter - Io. Upon completion of the main tasks, it started to carry out extended missions aimed to explore individual regions of the solar system, including the Kuiper belt and the heliosphere boundary. Voyager 1 is still flying and transmitting distance and speed data to Earth in real time. Voyager 1 was the fastest space probe to leave the solar system, as well as the farthest man-made object from Earth. Under the direction of Carl Sagan, a case was attached to the body of the spacecraft. The case contained a twelve-inch record, covered with gold to prevent erosion from space dust. The record contained sounds and images selected to represent the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and was intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form that could find them.Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
