The Last Pictures project sending gold-plated time capsule into orbit
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The Last Pictures time capsule
Cherry blossoms, one of the images in the Last Pictures time capsule
A glacier, one of the images in the Last Pictures time capsule
Close up of prehistoric cave paintings, one of the images in the Last Pictures time capsule
Prehistoric cave paintings, one of the images in the Last Pictures time capsule
A waterspout, one of the images in the Last Pictures time capsule
A ship grounded during low tide, one of the images in the Last Pictures time capsule
A dust storm, one of the images in the Last Pictures time capsule
The American National Exhibition at the Moscow World's Fair, one of the images in the Last Pictures time capsule
Cheynne Mountain SAC headquarters under construction, one of the images in the Last Pictures time capsule
Children in a Japanese internment camp during the Second World War
Article Summary
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.
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