First picture of a solar system

What was the First 'Family Portrait' of our Solar System?

It snapped a series of 60 images that were used to create the first “family portrait” of our solar system. The image series contatains the famous image that would become known as the Pale Blue Dot, revealing Earth was a tiny dot within a scattered ray of sunlight.

What is a solar system family portrait?

First-Ever Solar System Family... The Solar System "family portrait" is the final series of 60 images captured by NASA's Voyager 1 that show six of our solar system's planets. It remains the first and only time — so far — a spacecraft has attempted to photograph our home solar system.

What was the first spacecraft to photograph a planet other than Earth?

On July 14, 1965, exactly 50 years before New Horizons provided the first images of Pluto, Mariner 4 became the first spacecraft to photograph a planet other than Earth. The barren images dispelled any lingering scientific theories of modern life on Mars.

Can a spacecraft photograph our Solar System?

It remains the first and only time — so far — a spacecraft has attempted to photograph our home solar system. Only three spacecraft have been capable of making such an observation from such a distance: Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and New Horizons. Alternate view with planets enlarged.

When did photography of Jupiter start?

Photography of Jupiter began in January 1979, when images of the brightly banded planet already exceeded the best taken from Earth. The Voyager 1 and 2 Saturn encounters occurred nine months apart, in November 1980 and August 1981. Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past distant Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, in January 1986.