NASA launched two 12-inch gold-plated copper disks filled with the sounds of children's laughter, heartbeats, and bird calls.

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Regardless of when the Voyager probes ultimately shut down, the Golden Records will continue along their trajectories, further and further into deep space, for the conceivable future.

What will happen to the Voyager spacecraft and their Golden Records? Scientists looked far into the Milky Way's future to find out.

Elon Musk says he has a copy of the Voyager Golden Records. That got me thinking, so I called NASA to find out where the original copies went.

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 ...

The 'golden record' on board Voyager Both Voyager spacecrafts also carry a so-called "golden record" as a greeting to any lifeform they may encounter.

NASA recently lost contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Suzanne Dodd, project manager for the Voyager Interstellar mission, about what happened.

Voyager and the Golden Records have turned up in TV shows like Saturday Night Live, The West Wing, and—of course— The X-Files.

NASA engineers have received a "heartbeat" signal from Voyager 2, bringing hope that they may be able to reestablish contact with the probe months ahead of schedule.

Whoops. NASA accidentally sent commands to Voyager 2 that cut off communications with the probe by pointing its antenna the wrong way. The satellite is programmed to reset its orientation multiple ...

After accidentally shifting Voyager 2's antenna by two degrees, NASA fell out of contact with the interstellar probe on July 21. On Aug. 4, the agency succesfully reset the probe's antenna ...