这是一个时代的终结。在离开地球35年之后，“旅行者”号探测器终于即将飞离太阳系。这部引人入胜的纪录片取材于美国国家航空航天局和BBC档案中令人瞩目的镜头和图像资料，审视了这艘对我们宇宙认知带来深远影响的飞船的重大发现。《旅行者号探测器 冲出太阳系》讲述了一个令人难以置信的故事，旅行者号探测器本该仅仅持续5年，却至今仍在运行中，以及两艘彻底改变我们对太阳系认知的小型探测器。本片来自曾经为旅行者号工作过或受其启发过的科学家的贡献，评估了这次航天任务取得的成绩，并探究了未来将会发生些什么。

　　Is it humankind's greatest achievement? 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space. It is the first human-made object ever to do so. Slowly dying within its heart is a plutonium generator that will beat for perhaps another decade before the lights on Voyager finally go out. But this little craft will travel on for millions of years, carrying a Golden Record bearing recordings and images of life on Earth. In all likelihood Voyager will outlive humanity and all our creations. It could be the only thing to mark our existence. Perhaps some day an alien will find it and wonder. The story of Voyager is an epic of human achievement, personal drama and almost miraculous success. Launched 16 days apart in Autumn 1977, the twin Voyager space probes have defied all the odds, survived countless near misses and almost 40 years later continue to beam revolutionary information across unimaginable distances. With less computing power than a ...