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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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
NASA mission component
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space communication project → |
| aim |
to communicate information about life and culture on Earth to extraterrestrial intelligences
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to serve as a time capsule of Earth → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Voyager Golden Record
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Voyager Interstellar Record project → |
| carriedBy |
Voyager 1
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Voyager 2 → |
| completionDate |
1977
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| designedFor |
extraterrestrial intelligence
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interstellar communication → |
| field |
SETI
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interstellar communication → space exploration → |
| hasPart |
Voyager Golden Record audio program
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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
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| includesContent |
printed message from U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim
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printed message from U.S. President Jimmy Carter → |
| includesContentType |
greetings in multiple human languages
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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
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Carl Sagan → Frank Drake → Jimmy Carter → Jon Lomberg → Linda Salzman Sagan → Timothy Ferris → |
| legacy |
inspired later cultural and scientific projects about messages to extraterrestrials
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| notableFor |
being one of the first physical messages sent into interstellar space representing Earth
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| notableWork |
Voyager Golden Record
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| operator |
NASA
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| partOf |
Voyager program
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| projectLead |
Carl Sagan
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| relatedTo |
Arecibo message
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Pioneer plaque → |
| significantEvent |
selection of contents for the Voyager Golden Record
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| spacecraftLaunchAssociatedWith |
launch of Voyager 1 in 1977
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launch of Voyager 2 in 1977 → |
| startTime |
1976
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| status |
completed
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| usesMedium |
analog audio
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encoded images → phonograph record → |
Referenced by (10)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Voyager Golden Record project
("Voyager Interstellar Record project")
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Voyager Golden Record project ("Voyager Golden Record") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Voyager 1
("Voyager Golden Record")
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Voyager 2 ("Voyager Golden Record") → |
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Voyager program
("Voyager Golden Record")
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Pioneer plaque project
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inspired |
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Carl Sagan
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Ann Druyan
("Voyager Golden Record")
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Voyager Golden Record project
("Voyager Golden Record")
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notableWork |
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Jon Lomberg
("Voyager Golden Record")
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