As of 2009, this is what the map looks like on human space programs and our reach into outer space.

Measton42 · 9 months

This is weird but does anyone kind of get a little sad thinking about Voyager 1. It left in 1977. It's still operating and sending us data on a one way mission to see just how far it can go. While it's just a machine it saddens me to think that it's on a one way journey never to return again.

Daftpunk7 · 9 months

Unbelievable. This type of pics always fascinate me.

resykle · 9 months

Fuck, THIS is the kind of shit that should be getting 1000+ upvotes on here

i_hate_lamp · 9 months

Only 2 successful NASA missions? 6 Apollo moon landings, 5 Surveyor landings, Rangers 4, 7, 8, and 9, 5 lunar orbiter missions, 8 successful Apollo missions before Apollo 11, 4 SkyLabs, and the ASTP. That's a lot more than 2.

Unless I'm misunderstanding what is annotated...

acornalert · 9 months

Let's get some galaxies on there!

OKCEngineer · 9 months

Do you have the source? I would like to purchase a print from the creator.

guyguy23 · 9 months

What's with that big black box? (bottom right)

kingkeoua · 9 months

I doubt that was the first craft to approach Uranus.

Sect312 · 9 months

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Tartantyco · 9 months

It's just insane how far the Voyager 1 probe has actually travelled.

samwisesteamer · 9 months

We are one BADASS species. That is fucking awesome.

Trashcanman33 · 9 months

I know it's not exact distances or Pluto would be 2 blocks away from my computer screen, but why make Venus look like its twice as close to us as the moon?

markus5273 · 9 months

I really like this map, it's almost like a work of science fiction. I just wish there was more explored.

ZittyMcgee · 9 months

We landed on an asteroid?

chilifinger · 9 months

I hate to spoil your fun, but your kids are going to have to learn how to say 'Tranquility Base' in Chinese.

LouWaters · 9 months

I will vote for whatever candidate promises more funding to NASA. I don't care about their other policies. I just want to go the fuck to space.

BlueTatungFan · 9 months

This is one of the most beautiful infographics I've ever seen. BAM! Desktop!

thefifthwit · 9 months

Does anyone know if we're still receving information from Voyager 1?

Whatmemesrmadeof · 9 months

make it big til there's a scroll bar at the bottom and drag the pic side to side really fast. WoooooHOO HOOOOOOO!!!

Gaston22 · 9 months

I wouldn't have guessed that we've sent more missions to Venus than Mars.

IterativeLoop · 9 months

Whoa. Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa.

You're telling me we got some flying metal ball to orbit the sun? It didn't crash and burn?

TIL.

UndeadPoptart · 9 months

This is the most amazing thing I've seen today.

anonlurker · 9 months

Thanks for the new desktop picture!

Edit: accidentally a word

hrdchrgr · 9 months

TIL as of 2009 we had three more missions to Venus than to Mars. Whodathunkit?

twitch1982 · 9 months

I want this as a poster.

BOTARevolution · 9 months

Whats tripping me out is the Pioneer trips are about 2billion miles apart and the time zone is over a year from when they departed; where as the Voyager space trips are almost 2billion miles as well but they are only about 2months apart.

fenderrocker · 9 months

A nice touch would have been to show the velocities of the space crafts. Just sayin'.

smalldick69 · 9 months

"First Craft to Approach Uranus"

echo0220 · 9 months

space exploration would make a cool album cover.

Tyrant718 · 9 months

We went to the Sun? How did that turn out?

bethanechol · 9 months

Damn it super-awesome-diagram, Y U no give credit for landings?

LettersFromTheSky · 9 months

This is one of the most interesting maps I've seen.

tuck5649 · 9 months

This is cool.

ex_ample · 9 months

Where is the original? This image has lots of JPG artifacts.

Slaptop · 9 months

Heh-heh, First craft to approach Uranus... heh

bluntstick · 9 months

As someone who is interested in astronomy but knows next to nothing about it, this was of great interest to me. Thanks for posting.

FOR_SClENCE · 9 months

Screw it, I'll do it myself. High-res .png. Less artifacts.

MC_Billin · 9 months

Earth: We'll research your shit.

hakkzpets · 9 months

This makes me proud of being human. Yeah, take that dolphins.

noobeater · 9 months

Definitely badass.

LAlynx · 9 months

Is there an updated 2011 version?

kolm · 9 months

I still maintain it is foolish not to invent and build Planetary Death Rays before announcing our existence to the rest of the universe. One day you'll remember this reddit post and regret you didn't listen.

8002reverse · 9 months

Voyager 1 - 10 BILLION miles!!! WOW.

Krona74 · 9 months

Very very very very cool. Saving this if you don't mind.

Also shows where our priorities lie. I don't think Venus is nearly as important as Mars, or at the minimum, the study of our own Sun.

Either way, this is very badass. Thank you for this.

Govna · 9 months

Yeah, real shame we wont be doing that any more

ROCKART · 9 months

Thank you so much for posting this.

eminemence · 9 months

This make an awesome wallpaper.

shamonee · 9 months

Picture this:

The world actually does end in 2012. All life exterminated because of a global natural catastrophe.

July 14, 2015: Our satellite/probe/whatever enters orbit around Pluto. Discovers signs of ancient alien colonies.

Frencil · 9 months

Booyah Cassini/Huygens! Furthest orbiting craft in human history AND the furthest lander.

thepensivepoet · 9 months

At this rate there's no way we'll beat the Romulans to the Tinman.

hmz--- · 9 months

why don't we see venus clearly in the sky??

daole · 9 months

I've seen this several times before, and I think there's supposed to be a legend as to what colour represents what country. India and another newly 1.5 world country had just a few journeys, but were quickly becoming relevant.

Maybe it's in this pic and I'm just blind, but I didn't see it.

Vaguswarrior · 9 months

Any chance we can make this a wallpaper? Say 1920x1080?

shabufa · 9 months

RES drag to resize

FOR_SClENCE · 9 months

Damn it, I'm the space guy in here! /Aerospace student

Honestly though, does ANYONE have a .png of this, rather than these ridiculously artifact-ridden .jpgs?

Dewbie · 9 months

Gotta find this later.

OldManFanch · 9 months

New Horizons's next destination is Uranus.

gnarbucketz · 9 months

Wasn't there a color-coded index on the original version of this image? I wanna print it & hang it on my wall...

Yeeegz · 9 months

TIL Galileo crashed into Jupiter?

MikoRiko · 9 months

TIL that there have been slightly more missions to Venus than to Mars.

Zimyver · 9 months

Voyager II just left our solar system.

GauchoIRL · 9 months

What about the moon landings?

shoesyeah · 9 months

I'm glad i took the time to look through the bullshit posts to find this. It's an awesome map.

XenoKai · 9 months

who the hell downvotes posts like this one? i can only imagine that they are very strange people, i mean seriously, WHY!???

yeebok · 9 months

And no single human has gone past near earth orbit since 1970 or so.

WeCameAsBromans · 9 months

I fucking love how they use the gravity of a planet to accelerate them out of the solar system.

joculator · 9 months

I for one am for renaming Uranus so that mankind won't be embarrassed sending probes there. Something more dignified, like Jasmine Byrne or Monica Sweethart.

guoshuyaoidol · 9 months

I'm kind of sad the x-axis isn't measured in light-hours.

Br3nd4n · 9 months

We need to get to Pluto sooner. We need to unlock the mass relay!

DudeBroChill · 9 months

If only we had an anciple.

2013orBust · 9 months

As interesting as this is, I still chuckled when I saw the 'First Craft to approach Uranus."

MrKnikkers · 9 months

Great picture but I'm always very disturbed by the huge errors in relative size and distances of the planets and in particular the sun that these overviews tend to show. The sun should be MUCH bigger and the scale at the bottom and the sizes and distances of the planets are way off. It really gives people a wrong idea.

shadowman3001 · 9 months

Where is Pluto, dammit!?

CampfireHeadphase · 9 months

What software does one use to create a map like this? Illustrator? Connecting every single circle to Earth would mean days of work!

Delfishie · 9 months

Is...is Venus closer to earth than the moon?

desolo · 9 months

The U.S. Government spending billions of tax payer dollars to go to Uranus....only once?

I find this hard to believe.

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