| NASA Center: |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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| Image # : |
p24652a |
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| Date : |
09/05/1977
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Title
The Sounds of Earth
Full Description
Flying board Voyagers 1 and 2 are identical "golden" records, carrying the story
of Earth far into deep space. The 12 inch gold-plated copper discs contain
greetings in 60 languages, samples of music from different cultures and eras,
and natural and man-made sounds from Earth. They also contain electronic
information that an advanced technological civilization could convert into
diagrams and photographs.
The cover of each gold plated aluminum jacket, designed to protect the record
from micrometeorite bombardment, also serves a double purpose in providing the
finder a key to playing the record. The explanatory diagram appears on both the
inner and outer surfaces of the cover, as the outer diagram will be eroded in
time.
Currently, both Voyager probes are sailing adrift in the black sea of
interplanetary space, having left our solar system years ago.
Keywords
Voyager Sounds of Earth Solar System Gold Record Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Carl Sagan
Subject Category
Voyager-Galileo,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JPL
- Center Number:
p24652a
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001976
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: digital
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