Engineers mount the Golden Record and secure its cover on Voyager 1. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech, CC BY) The records also represent humanity's deliberate effort to put artifacts among the stars.

Engineers mount the Golden Record and secure its cover on Voyager 1. NASA/JPL-Caltech, CC BY. The records also represent humanity’s deliberate effort to put artifacts among the stars.

Both craft carry Golden Records: 12-inch phonographic gold-plated copper records, along with needles and cartridges, all designed to last indefinitely in interstellar space.

David Pescovitz: The golden record attached to the Voyager spacecraft (launched into space 40 years ago this month) is a reminder of what humanity at its best can achieve.

Voyager Golden Record Is Humanity's Soundtrack By Shane McGlaun Oct. 11, 2016 10:00 am EST Back in 1977 NASA launched a pair of spacecraft called Voyager I and Voyager II.

The Voyager Golden Record project was the result of an official NASA committee chaired by famed astrophysicist, Carl Sagan, then working at Cornell University.The team overseen by creative ...

NASA's been slowly shutting down non-essential instruments on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft to save power. Aboard each spacecraft is a golden record, with images, sounds, greetings, and music ...

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This is finally your chance to own Carl Sagan’s master audio reel of the famous Voyager Golden Record. Sotheby’s will be auctioning off two reels, or tapes, on Thursday, July 27, with a ...