Cosmos: A Personal Voyage was a thirteen-part television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as global presenter. It was executive-produced by Adrian Malone, produced by David Kennard, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles and Gregory Andorfer, and directed by the producers and David Oyster, Richard Wells, Tom Weidlinger, and others. It covered a wide range of scientific subjects including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.

The series was first broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service in 1980, and was the most widely watched series in the history of American public television until 1990's The Civil War. It is still the most widely watched PBS series in the world. It won an Emmy and a Peabody Award and has since been broadcast in more than 60 countries and seen by over 600 million people, according to the Science Channel. A book to accompany the series was also published.

Cosmos1999 is the second oldest Space: 1999 email list, which traces its electronic roots back to July, 1997. In France Space: 1999 was known as Cosmos 1999, and Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is sometimes seen as the third and final season of Cosmos: 1999. Today, over 180 fans worldwide discuss all aspects of Cosmos 1999. The forum is open and unmoderated. Feel free to join the forum for sharing memories and insights.