Discourse 158 – Voyager 2: The hidden transmission that brought the world to a standstill.

Voyager 2: The hidden transmission that brought the world to a standstill.

At the frosty edge of our solar system, where even solar radiation is barely measurable, Voyager 2 has been drifting through the void since its launch in 1977. For decades, it transmitted data from distant worlds that shaped our view of the universe. But recently, its nose picked up an unusual signal. Disturbed, fragmented, interspersed with mysterious patterns. It deviated from everything that had been technically explainable up to that point.

Neither system errors nor known sources of interference could explain the anomaly. At first, it was thought to be a malfunction, but analysis revealed that the signal did not originate from a defect, but from a region that Voyager was never supposed to reach. Professor Reinhard Gänzel spoke of a transition zone beyond the heliopause. Telemetry suggests that the end of the solar system is not a fixed boundary, but a veil, perhaps a kind of resonant field.

New models from 2025 show that this zone contains complex plasma and magnetic structures, possibly with storing or reflective properties. For years, Voyager 2 has been regularly transmitting data, plasma density, cosmic rays, magnetic fields. But then something happened. The attitude control system transmitted data via a decommissioned channel from the 1980s.

Despite the diversion, the signal remained strong and stable. No command was sent from Earth; the switchover happened autonomously. According to nose engineer Grace Chen, an external field could have triggered this reaction. For some researchers, this is not a mistake, but a sign of influence or even contact. The control system for the orientation of Voyager 2, responsible for communication with Earth, suddenly began sending data via a computer that had been out of service for decades.

The result was damaged telemetry that was unreadable for the ground station. But the sun itself remained precisely aligned and the signal stable. There was no indication of a malfunction. It was as if it had consciously decided to switch to a forgotten channel without any command after 45 years of flawless operation. This switch came out of nowhere.

Even more disturbing was where the data was flowing. It followed a pattern similar to Voyager’s launch logs from 1977, as if the system had remembered its origins. According to Professor Reinhard Gänzel, this indicates a deeper reactivation. Not accidental, but deliberate. It seemed as if the probe was being reactivated from outside, perhaps by a field that recognized and restored its original structure.

A pulse appeared in the disrupted packets, a harmonic signal with a 7.44-second interval, constant but unfamiliar. No command could stop it. At NASA, it was soon dubbed the heartbeat. Some thought it was an internal echo, but measurements showed that the frequency did not come from Voyager itself, but from outside. And that is where the real concern began, not about a mistake, but about an answer.

The disturbing thing was not a technical defect, but the possibility that Voyager 2 was responding to something beyond our solar system, to an orderly external structure. NASA later released a diplomatically worded update. There had been a telemetry glitch. The team was working on it and the problem had been resolved by returning the data via the designated channel.

But the sober explanation left many questions unanswered, especially among those who had analyzed the raw signal. Internally, it had long been clear that the recovery had revealed more than expected. When the original signal was reconstructed using an outdated Voyager communication module, a pattern appeared embedded between damaged data blocks.

These were binary markers that had neither been sent from Earth nor registered in the probe’s internal memory. When graphically represented, they showed a repeating hexagonal pattern reminiscent of recursive natural phenomena, but completely alien to the digital world. Some scientists compared the structure to machine-made crop circles. Others saw early fractal forms, such as those found in self-replicating algorithms, but in no known communication protocol.

Most perplexing, however, were the timestamps of this data. They were shifted outside the current Voyager timeline, as if they came from an overlapping layer of time. According to Dr. Ingrid Sauer of the Max Plan Institute, this could be a nonlinear signal modulation controlled by an external intelligent system. This assumption calls into question the entire understanding of interstellar communication.

A NASA insider is reported to have said that this was not a simple signal, but a response. After a team of astrophysicists and communications experts examined the decoded fragments, a bold theory emerged. Perhaps this was not a system error, but a deliberate reflection triggered by an alien structure in space.

An interstellar field, electromagnetically highly complex, capable of welcoming incoming signals, converting them and sending them back in a modified form. The binary patterns were not random, but carried recognizable modulation. A behavior that, according to the state of knowledge in 2025, could only be explained by interactive resonance systems.

What was initially thought to be interference turned out to be structured reflection, as if something was analyzing the Voyager impulses, rearranging them, and playing them back with mathematical precision. The fact that the response came from an outdated on-board computer reinforced the suspicion: “This communication deliberately used historical paths, perhaps because it had previously recorded these very systems."

According to Dr. Markus Lens from the DLR Institute of Space Systems, this could indicate intelligent feedback from a higher-level information field. A space that not only receives signals, but waits for them. A contact that we did not initiate. Had Voyager 2 entered an artificially created communication field?

A system beyond our understanding? Or did it just encounter a natural phenomenon so advanced that it seemed like intelligence? Even before these questions were publicly discussed, communication within the Deep Space Network suddenly withdrew. Access was restricted and research teams were reassigned.

Independent analysts who had been working on the wave structure also received formal instructions to stop publishing their findings. A technical observation had quietly and secretly become a matter of national sensitivity. The incident was no longer treated internally as a technical anomaly, but as a security-related event of strategic importance.

Within NASA, it was classified as Event V2X, a code name indicating an increased level of secrecy. For some, this simply meant caution in the event of a potential threat. For others, however, it was clear that this reaction was unprecedented. For the first time in 45 years, a complete data stream from Voyager 2 was not made public.

A decision that raised more questions than it answered. What had been discovered that was so sensitive that it had to be hidden from the public? At the same time, some independent researchers, unnoticed by official bodies, began analyzing patterns in the secret binary sequences from the Voyager signal. They compared these with earlier mysterious signals, the Wow signal from 1977, the Fast Radio Burst from deep space, and older anomalies such as FRB21124.

To their surprise, they found striking structural similarities, not in language or sound, but in mathematical rhythms, prime number patterns, and unearthly time intervals. These findings led to a disturbing hypothesis. Voyager 2 may have stumbled upon an intelligent network.

A system that not only responded to our signals, but deliberately modulated them. According to a report from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in April 2025, this system may even have had access to obsolete hardware Appfade. It didn’t just respond, it intervened, activating old subsystems, altering command channels, and using the probe’s communication architecture in ways not intended in human programming.

Not interference, but deliberate control. Perhaps Voyager 2 had not only encountered natural intelligence, but had entered the field of vision of a deliberately designed structure. With each week that passed, as new data was discreetly evaluated and collated, a bold theory took shape. The probe may not only have crossed the heliopause, but also an older frontier, an area of space that was neither mapped nor meant to be entered.

A kind of interstellar buffer zone designed not for us, but against us or against something else. Some physicists called this space Echo One, a term from science fiction that seemed surprisingly apt. For what came back was not mere reflection. These were delayed responses, corrected patterns, as if an external system was actively trying to improve our signals.

Each ping from Voyager returned clearer, as if the echo had been deliberately optimized. According to Professor Gänzel, this could be an indication of algorithmic resonance amplification. A principle that has so far only been described theoretically in AI research. The shocking thing about this was that someone or something understood not only our technology, but also our intention.

If that was a door, then Voyager may have opened two of them. Not through violence, but through pure curiosity. And now that it is open, attention is no longer focused on what lies behind it, but on what passes through it. There is growing dissent among experts. While some point to natural causes such as chaotic magnetic fields or interstellar dust, others speak openly of controlled resonance.

The mathematical precision, the targeted reactivation of old systems—all of this contradicts the idea of chance. The question is no longer whether we are alone, but whether we would have remained unnoticed if Voyager had remained silent. Some researchers are convinced that we are experiencing a form of first contact, but far removed from any science fiction ideas.

No spaceship, no encrypted message. Instead, a probe encounters a field, and the field responds like calm water reacting to a touch and forming patterns. What began as an observation has now become a decision. Must we respond by building a new probe, or remain silent, not out of fear, but out of the realization that perhaps someone has been listening for a long time, closer than we ever imagined? Voyager 2 was on its journey for almost half a century.

A silent messenger of a young species that populated it all with hope. Built with bare hands, filled with knowledge, launched with dreams and sent off into the depths. No one seriously expected a response. But now it is here, not only functional, but carrying something. A message in the noise, a whispering structure, hidden in the electromagnetic fog.

And perhaps it does not come from the probe itself, but was transmitted by it as a beacon for something waiting to be noticed. We once thought that the edge of the solar system was the end, a lesson that stretched into nothingness. But Voyager 2 did not pass through a vacuum, but a pattern, an architecture.

Perhaps not life in the classical sense, but something that perceives, reacts, perhaps even observes. Professor Genzell recently spoke of a resonant information space with a cognitive structure. Our probe knocked on a door whose existence we did not even suspect. And now that it is open, only one question remains. How do you deal with the knowledge that you are no longer alone?

Perhaps the most unsettling realization is not that we are not alone, but that someone else has known this for a long time. Voyager 2 not only transmitted, but may have inadvertently gained access to a conversation that was not intended for us. Professor Reinhard Gänzel pointed out that observation is often mutual.

When we look, we are seen. The signal responses, their harmonious structure, and the targeted activation of obsolete systems suggest more than coincidence. In a paper published in June 2025 by the NASA ASMS Research Center, the term “reversible information resonance" is used for the first time. This is a theory according to which certain fields not only reflect data, but also recognize context.

Voyager 2 may have crossed a threshold, not into empty space, but into a realm of consciousness. Structurally alien, but reactive. And now the balance has been disturbed. What began as a scientific impulse has become an existential question. Who is really listening when we call out to the universe?

After more than four decades of interstellar silence, Voyager 2 has not only sent out a technical echo, but has touched a cosmic nerve center, an area of space that was no longer neutral, but responded. The revival of obsolete systems, the precise harmony of the return signals, and the structural similarities to historical anomalies suggest that this encounter was no coincidence.

Rather, it appears to be the beginning of a resonance between human technology and a higher intelligence. Embedded in the fabric of space-time itself. While official science and terminology struggle, a different way of thinking is already emerging in the background. What if the universe is not just matter, but memory? What if, as first discussed in publications by the Max Blan Institute for Astrophysics in 2025, they form a structure of consciousness beyond biology, beyond language?

Voyager 2 may have unintentionally addressed one of these structures, not with a question, but with its mere existence. In such a scenario, our place in the cosmos changes radically. We are no longer silent observers of a dead expanse. We are participants in a network whose rules we neither know nor control.

In an interview in 2025, Elon Musk spoke of signal-based ecosystems that could unite artificial intelligence and cosmic consciousness. The idea that our technology, primitive as it may be, provides answers that it itself does not understand is no longer science fiction. It is reality. What remains is not panic, but responsibility. Voyager 2 was a greeting, naive, courageous, human. But what now flows through the open gate is no longer in our hands. Perhaps it was a message.

You Tube: Voyager 2: The hidden transmission that brought the world to a standstill. (in German)

(The original text of the English video I have attached at the end of the document for interested readers. The content is rather meaningless and does not deal with this very last topic of Voyager 2 like the above text of the German video.)

What Voyager Detected at the Edge of the Solar System.

In 1977, two spacecraft embarked on one of the most significant exploratory missions ever conducted. Their objective was to deepen our understanding of the solar system and humanity’s place within it. Not only did these missions provide unprecedented imagery of the outer planets, but they continue to transmit valuable scientific data from interstellar space—47 years and 24 billion kilometres since launch.

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are more than just technological instruments; they symbolize the best qualities of human endeavour, including curiosity, ambition, and resilience. Beyond capturing remarkable images of the gas giants and their moons, the Voyager probes have inspired generations with their achievements. They remain the most distant human-made objects, setting records for space exploration and undertaking a journey that pushes the limits of what is technologically possible.

Project Scientist Edward Stone reflected on the missions: "When I look back, I realise how little we actually knew about the solar system before Voyager. We discovered things we didn’t know were there to be discovered, time after time."

Although not initially designed for such extensive travel, Voyager 1 and 2 were originally tasked with a five-year mission to study Jupiter, Saturn, and their larger moons—an opportunity made possible by a rare planetary alignment occurring once every 176 years. Following the completion of their initial objectives, the mission was extended to include flybys of Uranus and Neptune. Subsequently, NASA initiated the Voyager Interstellar Mission to explore the boundaries of the Sun’s influence and beyond, journeying through regions such as the termination shock, heliosheath, and ultimately crossing into interstellar space.

The success of these missions is attributable to robust and forward-thinking engineering decisions. Each probe utilizes a radioisotope thermoelectric generator powered by decaying plutonium-238, ensuring operational longevity. At launch, each generator delivered 157 Watts, sufficient to sustain mission-critical systems well beyond original expectations, with power output projected to last until at least 2025.

The planetary alignment not only facilitated efficient navigation to Neptune and Uranus but also enabled gravity assists at each outer planet, substantially increasing velocity without additional propulsion. This efficiency was vital given the limited window for launch and funding constraints at the time.

Both Voyager probes are equipped with 11 scientific instruments, many featuring redundancies to mitigate potential failures. With onboard gyroscopes, referencing instruments, and multiple hydrazine thrusters, the spacecraft maintain precise orientation. The backup systems proved essential, particularly when Voyager 2 switched to its secondary thrusters after 37 years of operation. Custom-built computers manage the probes’ functions, including fault detection and correction, while their high-gain antennae facilitate ongoing communication despite immense distances.

Durability was paramount during development. For example, both spacecraft successfully traversed the asteroid belt—a region once feared to be impenetrable—without incident. Thermal regulation, required for operations in extreme environments, is achieved through multiple heaters, though some have been deactivated to conserve power as reserves diminish. Remarkably, even under these conditions, key instruments have continued to operate reliably.

Voyager 2 launched from Cape Canaveral on August 20, 1977, followed by Voyager 1 on September 5, 1977. Although Voyager 2 launched earlier, Voyager 1 overtook its counterpart and exited the asteroid belt first due to its faster trajectory. Together, the probes delivered transformative images and data, marking numerous milestones in space exploration.

The enduring legacy of the Voyager missions is evident both in their technological achievements and in their continued contribution to scientific knowledge, underscoring the effectiveness of meticulous planning and resilient engineering.

Because the trajectory Voyager 1 followed allowed it to gain more speed relative to the Sun.

Voyager 1 was not the first spacecraft to encounter Jupiter; Pioneer 10 achieved this milestone seven years earlier in 1972. While the Pioneer mission contributed valuable scientific data, the images returned by Voyager captured significant public attention. The following image displays Jupiter. These are actual photographs rather than illustrations or artificial creations. Two of Jupiter’s moons can be observed here—Io on the left and Europa, the beige one on the right. Further discussion about them will follow. Voyager 1 also recorded its approach to Jupiter, taking images at regular intervals—every 10 hours, matching Jupiter’s rotation period. The resulting 66 photos were compiled into a time-lapse sequence documenting Voyager 1’s journey from January 6th to February 3rd, 1979, covering 27 million kilometres.

Analysis of these images provided insights into Jupiter’s atmosphere, which revealed more dynamic turbulence, plumes, and rotational movement than anticipated. The Great Red Spot, long suspected to be a counterclockwise rotating storm, was confirmed by Voyager’s data, and similar phenomena were observed elsewhere in the atmosphere. For example, the white spot below the Great Red Spot is another atmospheric storm. Numerous such storms populate Jupiter’s atmosphere.

Scientific observations prior to the Voyager missions suggested that Jupiter, like Saturn, might have rings. Voyager confirmed the presence of four Jovian rings and produced the first images of them. The rings are visible as an orange line extending from the planet in photos taken by the probe as it departed Jupiter.

Returning to its moons, Voyager 1 made key discoveries about Io and Europa. The spacecraft detected active volcanism on Io, contrary to pre-existing beliefs that its surface would resemble Earth’s moon, dominated by impact craters. Instead, dark spots indicating volcanic activity and lava lakes were found. Evidence suggests some lava flows occurred less than one million years ago, making Io the most geologically active body in the solar system. Images captured eruptions projecting material up to 100 kilometres above the surface, with frequent volcanic activity documented during Voyager’s flyby.

Europa presented a contrasting landscape, characterized by icy surfaces marked with fracture patterns. Voyager 1 was the first to document Europa’s surface features and suggested the possibility of a subsurface ocean beneath the ice.

As of today, 95 moons are known to orbit Jupiter, while before 1979, only 13 were recognized. Voyager identified three new moons—Thebe, Metis, and Adrastea—raising the count to 16 by the early 1980s. Although images of these new satellites were not available immediately, subsequent missions obtained them.

Voyager’s next major destination was Saturn. After nearly two years, Voyager 1 approached Saturn in November 1980, followed by Voyager 2 in August 1981. Prior to Voyager, Saturn was believed to have five major rings. Missions revealed these rings comprise hundreds of narrow ringlets. Voyager also discovered the G-ring and provided further details on the F-ring, previously detected by Pioneer 2. Voyager 1 found that the F-ring is kinked and multi-stranded and located two shepherd moons, Prometheus and Pandora, confirming the theoretical existence of moons that maintain ring structure.

Voyager also observed spoke-like features in Saturn’s B-rings, inconsistent with gravitational orbital mechanics alone. The prevailing hypothesis for their formation involves electrostatic forces separating fine dust particles from the ring’s main surface. Additional findings indicate that Saturn is gradually losing its rings as gravity draws ring material inward, a process estimated by NASA to potentially eliminate the rings within 300 million years.

These results led to the later Cassini mission, which studied Saturn and its system for 13 years. Regarding Saturn’s moons, Voyager raised the number of known satellites from 14 to 17. Among these, Titan and Enceladus were investigated further. Voyager determined that Titan has a thick nitrogen-rich atmosphere, unique among known moons. Enceladus was found to be a geologically active moon, emitting water vapour up to 10,000 kilometres into space, contributing material to one of Saturn’s rings. Later, the Cassini probe confirmed this sustained activity.

Enceladus exhibits regions of both older, heavily cratered terrain and newer, smoother surfaces, indicating ongoing geological processes. Following Voyager 1’s observations of Titan and Saturn’s rings, the probe’s trajectory took it out of the ecliptic plane, continuing toward interstellar space. It would not reach this boundary for another 32 years. Voyager 2, however, continued to Uranus and Neptune, completing the only flybys of these planets to date.

Voyager 2 arrived at Uranus in January 1986, passing within 81,500 kilometres of its cloud tops. Observations indicated a featureless atmosphere, lacking prominent cloud structures seen on other gas giants, challenging existing models of atmospheric dynamics. False-colour imagery highlighted subtle differences in Uranus’s polar regions, which are unusually tilted compared to the planet’s axis.

Voyager determined that Uranus possesses a magnetic field inclined at 59 degrees to its rotational axis—a significant deviation from previous expectations, prompting re-evaluation of planetary magnetic models. This misalignment causes Uranus’s magnetosphere to wobble distinctively as the planet rotates.

Further examination identified two additional rings and shepherd moons orbiting Uranus, resulting in the first images of these structures. Prior to Voyager 2’s observations, five Uranian moons were known; the mission raised the count to sixteen by discovering new ones and delivered close images of all five principal moons. These moons consist of combinations of ice and rock. Oberon and Umbriel show many impact craters, suggesting limited geological activity, while Titania has large fault systems and canyons that point to tectonic activity in the past. Ariel seems to possess the youngest surface, with signs of recent geological change. Miranda, the nearest large moon, features deep faults and racetrack-shaped formations, indicating internal melting and surface renewal.

Miranda’s original surface fragmented and was reassembled. On January 25th, 1986, Voyager 2 left Uranus and captured an image from 1 million kilometres as it headed toward Neptune. After three years of travel at a speed of 54,000 kilometres per hour, Voyager 2 approached Neptune on August 25th, 1989, over twelve years after its launch. It provided the first close-up images of Neptune, passing just 5,000 kilometres above the north pole—the closest flyby of any spacecraft. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in Neptune’s atmosphere, but methane gives the planet its blue colour.

Voyager 2 measured wind speeds at Neptune’s equator nearing 1,100 kilometres per hour, highlighting the dynamic nature of Neptune’s weather. Scientists also observed the Great Dark Spot on Neptune, a storm rotating counterclockwise with winds up to 2,400 kilometres per hour—the strongest recorded in the solar system. In 1989, NASA analyst Ken Bollinger commented that each day brought new discoveries and rapid changes on Neptune. Voyager 2 also obtained the first images of Neptune’s rings, confirming the existence of several partial ring structures known as arcs, composed mainly of incomplete and dusty rings.

Voyager 2 further studied Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, which exhibits a fractured surface, erupting geysers, and a nitrogen ice cap at its southern pole. Dark plumes indicate possible ice volcanoes. The probe discovered six new moons orbiting Neptune.

After Voyager 2 completed its planetary survey, Neptune’s gravity altered its trajectory out of the ecliptic plane, continuing into interstellar space like Voyager 1 had nine years earlier.

Voyager 1, one year after Voyager 2’s departure from Neptune, was approximately six billion kilometres from Earth. To preserve power for interstellar travel, its cameras were set to be deactivated; however, following Carl Sagan’s suggestion, the camera was used to take a final photograph—known as the Pale Blue Dot—on February 14th, 1990, showing Earth from six billion kilometres away. In this context, Carl Sagan reflected on humanity’s presence on Earth and emphasized the importance of kindness and stewardship of our planet.

Following this, both Voyager probes proceeded into interstellar space. In 1981, Voyager 1 exited the ecliptic, traveling 35 degrees north, and Voyager 2 followed, moving 48 degrees south. Both probes needed to pass through regions beyond the solar system: the termination shock, heliosheath, and ultimately the heliopause, marking the boundary between the solar wind and interstellar medium. Despite crossing into the interstellar medium, the solar system’s radius extends substantially farther—with Voyager 1 anticipated to reach the Oort Cloud in about 300 years.

While traversing the heliosheath, the Voyagers discovered magnetic bubbles formed by the Sun’s magnetic field, prompting revisions of existing models. On July 25, 2012, Voyager 1 became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space, crossing the heliopause at about 120 Astronomical Units from the Sun, and travelling at an annual rate of 540 million kilometres. This event clarified the location of the heliopause, previously only estimated. Upon entry, plasma density increased dramatically and cosmic ray levels rose, although ambient magnetic fields remained unchanged, surprising scientists.

On November 5, 2018, Voyager 2 crossed into interstellar space at a distance similar to Voyager 1, travelling at approximately 490 million kilometres per year. This crossing occurred during peak solar activity; however, the heliopause position matched previous measurements, contrary to expectations of fluctuations with the solar cycle. These results indicated that prior models did not fully capture the complexity of the heliosphere’s boundary, highlighting the importance of validating theoretical models with field data.

Current research suggests that the boundary between the heliosphere and interstellar medium is more variable than previously estimated. One prevailing theory proposes that the Sun emerged billions of years ago from a highly ionized region formed by supernova explosions, resulting in ongoing magnetic turbulence near the heliopause. If accurate, this implies the probes could encounter different magnetic orientations as they move further away, though their instruments may cease functioning before such changes are detected. The spacecraft have begun experiencing system failures.

In May 2022, Voyager 1 exhibited irregularities in its signal. Voyager 1 communicates telemetry data about its operational status, with each signal taking 22 hours to reach Earth. On this occasion, the data received was incomprehensible, consisting of prolonged sequences of numbers that did not correspond to expected information, suggesting inconsistencies in the reported orientation and activity.

Despite these anomalies, Voyager 1’s antenna continued to point toward Earth, with signals arriving at normal strength. Scientific data on interstellar medium, magnetic fields, and cosmic rays remained unaffected. Among the spacecraft’s three computers, the Attitude Articulation and Control System (AACS) was identified as sending incoherent data while other systems functioned normally. Notably, the AACS manages the antenna’s direction towards Earth, yet emergency protocols were not activated, indicating the spacecraft did not detect any internal faults.

In mid-2022, NASA engineers examined possible causes, ultimately deducing that Voyager 1 had begun using an older, malfunctioning AACS computer for data transmission due to environmental effects in interstellar space, leading to corrupted output. Restoring operations required instructing Voyager 1 to revert to the correct computer, which resolved the issue after several months. In November 2023, the Flight Data Subsystem experienced a similar malfunction, affecting data transmission until June 2024.

Voyager probes’ longevity is limited by power supply, with predictions that Voyager 1 may cease operations by 2025. Additional incidents, such as Voyager 2 temporarily losing contact after a misalignment in July 2023, demonstrate operational challenges at great distances. Communication was re-established using a high-powered signal from Earth.

Eventually, both Voyager probes will stop transmitting due to either technical failure or depletion of power, concluding the mission. Following this, the probes will continue traveling through space; projections estimate Voyager 1 will approach a star in Camelopardalis in 40,000 years, and Voyager 2 will pass near Ross 248 and Sirius over hundreds of thousands of years.

Both probes carry the Golden Record, containing images, sounds, and greetings designed to provide information about Earth to any potential extraterrestrial civilizations encountered. Upon conclusion of their transmissions, the probes remain evidence of human innovation. Future astronomical missions may build upon these achievements.

You Tube: Voyager 2: The hidden transmission that brought the world to a standstill. (In English)