Voyager Golden Record project

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The Voyager Golden Record project was a NASA-led initiative to create and launch a phonograph record aboard the Voyager spacecraft containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth for any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter it.

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instanceOf NASA mission component
space communication project
aim to communicate information about life and culture on Earth to extraterrestrial intelligences
to serve as a time capsule of Earth
alsoKnownAs Voyager Golden Record project
surface form: Voyager Golden Record

Voyager Golden Record project
surface form: Voyager Interstellar Record project
carriedBy Voyager 1
Voyager 2
completionDate 1977
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designedFor extraterrestrial intelligence
interstellar communication
field SETI
interstellar communication
space exploration
hasPart Voyager Golden Record audio program
Voyager Golden Record image program
instructions for playing the record
pulsar map for locating the Solar System
uranium-238 plating for radioactive dating
inception mid-1970s
includesContent printed message from U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim
printed message from U.S. President Jimmy Carter
includesContentType greetings in multiple human languages
mathematical and physical definitions
music from various cultures and eras
natural sounds from Earth
photographs of humans, animals, and landscapes
scientific and technical diagrams
keyPerson Ann Druyan
Carl Sagan
Frank Drake
Jimmy Carter
Jon Lomberg
Linda Salzman Sagan
Timothy Ferris
legacy inspired later cultural and scientific projects about messages to extraterrestrials
notableFor being one of the first physical messages sent into interstellar space representing Earth
notableWork Voyager Golden Record project self-linksurface differs
surface form: Voyager Golden Record
operator NASA
partOf Voyager program
projectLead Carl Sagan
relatedTo Arecibo message
Pioneer plaque project
surface form: Pioneer plaque
significantEvent selection of contents for the Voyager Golden Record
spacecraftLaunchAssociatedWith launch of Voyager 1 in 1977
launch of Voyager 2 in 1977
startTime 1976
status completed
usesMedium analog audio
encoded images
phonograph record

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Carl Sagan involvedIn Voyager Golden Record project
Voyager Golden Record project alsoKnownAs Voyager Golden Record project
this entity surface form: Voyager Interstellar Record project
Voyager Golden Record project alsoKnownAs Voyager Golden Record project
this entity surface form: Voyager Golden Record
Voyager Golden Record project notableWork Voyager Golden Record project self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Voyager Golden Record
Pioneer plaque project inspired Voyager Golden Record project
Voyager 1 carries Voyager Golden Record project
this entity surface form: Voyager Golden Record
Ann Druyan notableProject Voyager Golden Record project
this entity surface form: Voyager Golden Record
Voyager 2 carries Voyager Golden Record project
this entity surface form: Voyager Golden Record
Jon Lomberg workedOn Voyager Golden Record project
this entity surface form: Voyager Golden Record
Voyager program containsArtifact Voyager Golden Record project
this entity surface form: Voyager Golden Record
Johnny B. Goode selectedFor Voyager Golden Record project
this entity surface form: Voyager Golden Record
Johnny B. Goode includedOn Voyager Golden Record project
this entity surface form: Voyager Golden Record
Nubble Light (Cape Neddick Light) featuredIn Voyager Golden Record project
subject surface form: Nubble Light
this entity surface form: NASA Voyager Golden Record image selection
Murmurs of Earth mainSubject Voyager Golden Record project
this entity surface form: Voyager Golden Record
Murmurs of Earth workFocus Voyager Golden Record project