Voyager Golden Record
two phonograph records included on both Voyager spaceprobes launched in August and September 1977
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The Voyager Golden Record is a phonograph record sent into space on both Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977, containing sounds and images meant to represent life and culture on Earth. It was created as a message to any potential extraterrestrial life that might encounter the probes as they travel through the cosmos.
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The Voyager Golden Records are two identical phonograph records, with one copy aboard each of the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977. The records contain sounds and data to reconstruct raster scan images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form who may find them. The records are a time capsule.
Although neither Voyager spacecraft is heading toward any particular star, Voyager 1 will pass within 1.6 light-years' distance of the star Gliese 445, currently in the constellation Camelopardalis, in about 40,000 years.