Human Cosmos Archive P300

Catalog — individual records

Missions

This terminal cannot render photographs — trajectories are plotted as line diagrams, the format the original telemetry allowed. Each record can be collapsed to just its status line.

MISSION RECORD — 0011

Apollo 11

Status: Complete — crew returned

Launch
16 July 1969
Crew
Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins
Destination
Sea of Tranquility, the Moon

Objectives

  • Land crew on the lunar surface and return them safely
  • Deploy seismic and laser-ranging instruments
  • Collect surface samples for return to Earth

Outcome — Splashdown 24 July 1969. 21.5 kg of lunar material returned. First crewed surface EVA on another body.

MISSION RECORD — 0077

Voyager 1

Status: Ongoing — signal active

Launch
5 September 1977
Crew
Uncrewed
Destination
Jupiter, Saturn, interstellar space

Objectives

  • Flyby imaging of Jupiter and Saturn and their moons
  • Carry the Golden Record as a message beyond the solar system
  • Report on the boundary of the heliosphere

Outcome — Crossed the heliopause in 2012. Still transmitting, over 160 AU from the Sun; power expected to fail by the early 2030s.

MISSION RECORD — 0097

Cassini–Huygens

Status: Terminated — deliberate atmospheric entry

Launch
15 October 1997
Crew
Uncrewed
Destination
Saturn and its moon Titan

Objectives

  • Orbit Saturn and survey its rings and moons
  • Land the Huygens probe on Titan's surface
  • Avoid contaminating any moon that might host life

Outcome — Huygens landed on Titan in 2005. Orbiter deliberately burned up in Saturn's atmosphere on 15 September 2017 to protect Enceladus and Titan from contamination.

MISSION RECORD — 2150-A

Odyssey–Proxima

Status: Speculative — not yet built

Launch
c. 2150 (projected)
Crew
Multi–generation, population unconfirmed
Destination
Proxima Centauri b

Objectives

  • Sustain a closed ecosystem across centuries of transit
  • Deliver descendants of the original crew to a habitable world
  • Establish the first extrasolar human settlement

Outcome — Pending. Entry retained for planning continuity; this record will be revised against the actual mission if one flies.