The Stuff of Dreams

A new JPL-produced documentary, The Stuff of Dreams, describes the challenges mission managers and JPL faced in developing and launching the twin Voyager spacecraft and operating them during the encounters with Jupiter and Saturn. Through first-hand accounts of those who were there, the film shows how the mission and JPL survived times of uncertainty and debate about the future of the U.S. space program and managed to fly the smartest robots of that age on the most ambitious planetary tour ever designed.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
87 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
87 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Feb 14, 2014
Season
2014
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A new JPL-produced documentary, The Stuff of Dreams, describes the challenges mission managers and JPL faced in developing and launching the twin Voyager spacecraft and operating them during the encounters with Jupiter and Saturn. Through first-hand accounts of those who were there, the film shows how the mission and JPL survived times of uncertainty and debate about the future of the U.S. space program and managed to fly the smartest robots of that age on the most ambitious planetary tour ever designed.

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Japanese

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