abstract:The Voyager Mars Program was a planned series of unmanned NASA probes to the planet Mars. The missions were planned, as part of the Apollo Applications Program, between 1966 and 1968 and were scheduled for launch in 1974–75.
Toensure hisfilm'sscientificaccuracy, KubrickandwriterArthurC. Clark hiredconsultants from the NASAVoyagerprogram and scientists from the NASA MarshallSpaceFlightCenter.
The official first part of NASA's Voyagerprogram launched just over 35 years ago on September 5th, 1977, carrying not just cameras and sensors to capture the trip but the famous Golden Record documenting humanity for any curious aliens.