The Pale Blue Dot is an iconic photograph of Earth taken on Feb. 14, 1990, by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft. She was very friendly, informative, and genuine. That's us. That's here. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space is a 1994 book by the astronomer Carl Sagan.It is the sequel to Cosmos and was inspired by the famous 1990 Pale Blue Dot photograph, for which Sagan provides a poignant description. Ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA heeft een gemoderniseerde versie van Pale Blue Dot-foto gepubliceerd. Voyager 1 was speeding out of the solar system — beyond Neptune and about 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) from the Sun — when mission managers commanded it to look back toward home for a final time. Deze beroemde foto werd precies dertig jaar geleden gemaakt op aandringen van wetenschapper Carl Sagan en toont de aarde als een stipje. The IAU European Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (E-ROAD) is setting up a global astronomy education initiative called Pale Blue Dot. 119 quotes from Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space: ‘Look again at that dot. Leiden University The Pale Blue Dot Project . That's home. The Pale Blue Dot is so darling - you can tell a lot of time and care has been put into selecting the items in the shop, whether it's a modern eco-friendly product, or a cool vintage piece from the Cave (aka the basement). Pale Blue Dot Project Coordinator, IAU100 Secretariat. I had a great time talking to one of the girls in the shop! De foto van de aarde, die uiteindelijk in 1994 de naam Pale Blue Dot kreeg, is vernoemd naar Carl Sagans gelijknamige boek die de … In the book, Sagan mixes philosophy about the human place in the universe with a description of the current knowledge about the Solar System.