A series of five multimedia presentations to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of the most successful space mission of all times. Offered jointly by The Planetary Society, the "Centro de Divulgação da Astronomia" (CDA) and the "Instituto de Física da USP São Carlos" (IFSC). The four presentations listed below took place in September 2002 at the CDA and were open to all public. Another presentation on the 25th anniversary of the voyager Mission was also offered to professors and graduate students of the IFSC on September 17, 2002.

Please note: all files below are available only in Portuguese.

The 25 years of the Voyager Mission   - September 7, 2002 CONTENT: The astronomy of the Solar Sistem before the Voyager Mission. Luck in the "pool game" - or how a special planetary configuration gave the best trajectory for the probes. The original mission. The sondas (a technical historical vision: the challenges in the development of the project. Sagan's vision: the on board dairy of the Voyager. The main discoveries and the participation of The Planetary Society in the 25 years of the Mission. José Roberto de Vasconcelos Costa - National Coordinator of TPS in Brazil Summary and slides PDF file - 1.739 kb compressed (zip) Instrumentation of the Voyager Spacecraft   - September 14, 2002 CONTENT: The twin probes were equipped with 15 devices with a variety of functions: the set of instruments was able to collect data as well as to store them and send them to hearth. The basic functions involved the collection of images and the measurement of cosmic rays, plasma and magnetic fields. Marina Trevisan, engineering student of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) Summary and slides PDF file - 883 kb compressed (zip) The Scientific achievements of the Voyager Mission   - September 21, 2002 CONTENT: AThe twin probes were equipped with 15 devices with a variety of functions: the set of instruments was able to collect data as well as to store them and send them to hearth. The basic functions involved the collection of images and the measurement of cosmic rays, plasma and magnetic fields. Eder Martioli, engineering student of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) Summary and slides PDF file - 1.906 kb compressed (zip) The Disk on board of the Voyager   - 28/Setembro/2002 CONTENT: The twin probes were equipped with 15 devices with a variety of functions: the set of instruments was able to collect data as well as to store them and send them to hearth. The basic functions involved the collection of images and the measurement of cosmic rays, plasma and magnetic fields. Aldo Loup, engineering student of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) Summary and slides PDF file - 1.194 kb compressed (zip)