The Farthest (2017)

Directed by

Emer Reynolds

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States, Ireland

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

0

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 68 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of NASA's Voyager spacecrafts launched in 1977. Through interviews with the people who built and guided them, it recounts how these probes explored the outer planets and eventually became the first human objects to leave the solar system.

awe-inspiringnostalgichopefulcontemplativeinformativeintrospectiveupliftingwonder-filled

What happens

The Farthest (The Farthest - Voyager in Space in the United States on PBS) is an Irish documentary film that chronicles the history of the Voyager program and its two space probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched in 1977. In 2013, Voyager 1 became the first human-made object to leave the Solar System and reach interstellar space. This makes the program one of the humankind's greatest achievements. The story is presented through the testimonies of the NASA team involved. The film premiered on 26 February 2017 at the Dublin Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award, and 22 August 2017 on PBS. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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