:00:08
Minus ten, nine, eight, seven--
:00:12
- Ignition.
- Main stage.
:00:14
Four, three...
:00:17
two, one, zero.
:00:25
And so Voyager II
is now a part of history...
:00:28
rocketing into space from its launch pad
here at Cape Kennedy...
:00:31
on this historic date,
August 20, 1977.
:00:35
On board the space probe
are photographic images of Earth...
:00:39
verbal greetings
and a medley of musical compositions.
:00:43
Voyager II is our invitation...
:00:45
to other intelligent species
in the universe:
:00:47
Please come and visit
our planet Earth.
:00:55
As the Secretary General
of the United Nations...
:00:58
an organization
of 147 member states...
:01:02
who represent almost all of the human
inhabitants of the planet Earth...
:01:07
I send greetings on behalf
of the people of our planet.