On February 14, 1990, six billion kilometers from the sun, Voyager 1 swiveled around and took a phot...
Voyager 1’s famous Pale Blue Dot photograph was nearly never taken — Carl Sagan pushed NASA to turn the camera back toward Earth after the planetary mission was over, while engineers worried the Sun’s glare could damage the optics
On February 14, 1990, six billion kilometers from the sun, Voyager 1 swiveled around and took a photograph of Earth. In the frame, the planet appears as a...
Author: Space Daily
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