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
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
Voyager Interstellar Record project
carriedBy Voyager 1
Voyager 2
completionDate 1977
countryOfOrigin 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
operator NASA
partOf Voyager program
projectLead Carl Sagan
relatedTo Arecibo message
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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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Voyager Golden Record project ("Voyager Interstellar Record project")
Voyager Golden Record project ("Voyager Golden Record")
alsoKnownAs
Voyager 1 ("Voyager Golden Record")
Voyager 2 ("Voyager Golden Record")
carries
Voyager program ("Voyager Golden Record")
containsArtifact
Pioneer plaque project
inspired
Carl Sagan
involvedIn
Ann Druyan ("Voyager Golden Record")
notableProject
Voyager Golden Record project ("Voyager Golden Record")
notableWork
Jon Lomberg ("Voyager Golden Record")
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