{"id":11136,"date":"2025-04-29T11:04:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni-mag.gr\/?p=11136"},"modified":"2025-04-29T11:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:05:05","slug":"captain-gg-following-the-voyager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/en\/captain-gg-following-the-voyager\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPTAIN GG: Following the Voyager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-05-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-05-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-05-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-05-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-05-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-05-276x200.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-05.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1977, two spacecraft were launched almost simultaneously: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They were identical, each weighing about 800 kilograms. Their dimensions were roughly 0.5 x 2 x 2 meters. Each had a dish antenna nearly 4 meters in diameter. Their mission was to observe the outer planets of our solar system. After passing the last of them (Uranus and Neptune), it was decided to let them continue on their journey \u2014 out into interstellar space. To this day, both spacecraft are still operating and transmitting. They\u2019re now traveling at about 20 kilometers per second.       <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find more information about the two Voyagers and where they are now on NASA\u2019s official page:<br\/><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/voyager\/\">https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/voyager\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-04.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-04-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-04-163x200.jpg 163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The two Voyagers and the planets they visited&#8230;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Captain GG: Today I\u2019m turning my ship into a spaceship so we can go follow the Voyagers!<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-03.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-03-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-03-240x200.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>(A diagram shows the trajectories the two Voyagers have followed. You can see when they passed Jupiter and Saturn.) <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mom: But how could we possibly catch up with the Voyagers? They were launched about 40 years ago! <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adrianos: We now have very powerful rockets that can put satellites into orbits at very high speeds. I think we could easily surpass that 20 kilometers per second speed. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daphne: Each Voyager carries a golden record! <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-01.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-01-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This record contains sounds from Earth, like thunder.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. A: The idea for the Voyager Golden Record originally came from the famous Carl Sagan. In the next photo, he\u2019s holding the original design of the record. That design included two nude humans \u2014 a woman and a man. Unfortunately, NASA didn\u2019t allow the depiction of these two humans in the nude!   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[After NASA received criticism over the nudity on the Pioneer plaque (line drawings of a naked man and woman), the agency chose not to allow Sagan and his team to include George Hester\u2019s photograph of a nude couple on the record. Instead, only a silhouette was included.]<br\/>[Source: Wikipedia \u2013 <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contents_of_the_Voyager_Golden_Record\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contents_of_the_Voyager_Golden_Record<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-02.jpg 698w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-02-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.uni-mag.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/issue-12-gg-photo-02-140x200.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Little A: Does it also include human laughter and footprints?<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daphne: It includes greetings in 55 languages!<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. A: Among those languages, Ancient Greek is also included. A professor from Cornell University reads the greeting in Ancient Greek:<br\/>\u201c\u039f\u1f35\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd\u03ad\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u1fbf \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c7\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5! \u0395\u1f30\u03c1\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bb\u03b7\u03bb\u03cd\u03b8\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9.\u201d<br\/>(Hoitines pot\u2019 este, chairete! Eir\u0113nik\u014ds pros philous el\u0113lythamen philoi.) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Little A: So&#8230; aliens are supposed to find that record?<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daphne: It even includes instructions on how to find us on Earth!<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Little A: And that we come in peace!<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dad: The record also includes several pieces of classical music (Bach, Mozart) and more modern ones like \u201cJohnny B. Goode\u201d by Chuck Berry.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mom: Let\u2019s listen to some of the songs that are now traveling through interstellar space!<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1EGlWvIvuc\"><\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1EGlWvIvuc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1EGlWvIvuc<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ABpDQMraEag&amp;list=PLSHy0ISAb5ncbxRswk8WOG8QwTU8xdBRa\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ABpDQMraEag&amp;list=PLSHy0ISAb5ncbxRswk8WOG8QwTU8xdBRa<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally, Sagan had requested permission to include the Beatles\u2019 \u201cHere Comes the Sun.\u201d<br\/><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tDEzmaZHuS0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tDEzmaZHuS0<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though the Beatles agreed, EMI didn\u2019t allow it.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the Beatles\u2019 music isn\u2019t traveling beyond the solar system into interstellar space. But \u201cJohnny B. Goode\u201d by Chuck Berry might just be the track that gets heard by alien civilizations \u2014 it made it onto the Golden Record. <br\/><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6swgiM9vSEE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6swgiM9vSEE<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Captain GG: Now, which plane are we taking to get back to Earth?<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"card-text\">In 1977, two spacecraft were launched almost simultaneously: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They were identical, each weighing about 800 kilograms. Their dimensions were roughly 0.5 x 2 x 2 meters.   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