The Last Pictures project sending gold-plated time capsule into orbit

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When the EchoStar XVI television satellite lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome later this year, it will be carrying a message to the future designed to last billions of years. As it swings in geosynchronous orbit 35,786 kilometers (22,236 mi) above our planet, it will have a gold-plated silicon disc bolted to it, nano-etched with 100 black-and-white images depicting life on Earth... Continue Reading The Last Pictures project sending gold-plated time capsule into orbit

Section: Science and Education

Tags: Art, History, MIT, Satellite, Space, Spacecraft

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