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

An image of one of the twin Golden Records attached to the Voyager spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) ... the latter of which is still going strong on Earth's rocky satellite.

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 ...

Two golden records went to space on the twin Voyager spacecraft. 10 others are left on Earth. NASA sent two golden records off to space in 1977 to teach aliens about Earth — and Elon Musk is ...

NASA engineers have received a "heartbeat" signal from Voyager 2, ... Zombie NASA satellite emits ... both probes carry copies of the famous Voyager Golden Record — a double-sided ...

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 times each ...

The first Star Trek movie in 1979 included an alien spacecraft called “V’ger,” which was actually an altered fictional “Voyager 6.” Voyager and the Golden Records have turned up in TV ...

We're hearing a Chuck Berry song that is on that golden record on board Voyager 2. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "JOHNNY B. GOODE") CHUCK BERRY: (Singing) Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans, way back.

Voyager 2 is also carrying some precious cargo, like a message in a bottle, should it find itself as the subject of another world's discovery: a golden record containing a variety of natural ...

Now, a copy of the master recording for NASA’s Voyager Golden Record — the one kept by the late astronomer Carl Sagan and his wife, producer Ann Druyan — will be for sale at Sotheby’s New ...

The copy of the Voyager Golden Record will be sold at Sotheby’s on July 27. Sotheby's. The copy comes from the collection of the notable couple who spearheaded the Voyager Golden Record project.

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 ...