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

UPDATE: 1/30/24 3:30PM: This article has been updated to include Ann Druyan’s role in the Voyager Golden Record project. We regret the omission. The PopSci team has tested hundreds of products ...

The probes — named Voyager 1 and 2 — and their golden payloads ... tape containing the master recordings of the Voyager Golden Record, plucked from the personal collection of celebrity ...

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 ...

the phonograph time capsule affixed to spacecraft Voyager 1 and 2. As the space-faring record continues on its now 46-year journey through the emptiness, the Golden Record’s master recording is ...

Voyager 1 became the first human spacecraft to enter ... Should they run into any extraterrestrial neighbors, the Golden Record is meant to identify what they are, where they came from, who ...

Today is the 45th anniversary of the launch of Voyager 1, one of humanity’s ... They carry with them the Golden Records, bearing the sounds and symbols of Earth, should some extraterrestrial ...

Voyagers 1 and 2 were launched in 1977 to study ... all times” were also hand-carved onto the surface. Today, the Voyager probes containing the Golden Record are the furthest man-made objects ...

How NASA is trying to fix the aging Voyager 1 : Short Wave The Voyager 1 space probe is the farthest human-made object in space. It launched in 1977 with a golden record on board that carried ...

In addition, the record cover is implanted with an ultra-pure sample of the radioactive isotope uranium-238, which will provide the finder with a built-in clock to show how long Voyager has been ...