Voyager 1 Golden Record Pins and Buttons

Cover of the golden record included aboard both Voyager spacecrafts.

From Space. Voyager 1.

Included aboard the Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977. The records contain sounds and 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.

Diagram on the cover of Voyager Golden Records. The records are included aboard both Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977 and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form who may find them. The diagram shows how to play the record with the cartridge included on Voyager, explanation of the video portion of the record, as well as the location of our sun and the states of the hydrogen atom.

A recreation of the cover of the gold-plated audio-visual disc on the Voyager I Space Probe inscribed with diagrams in the event that the spacecraft is found by intelligent life forms from other planets

A detail of an image from the Voyager golden Record which is an outline of the album ( as viewed from above ) Also showing the binary speed for playback.

NASA's Voyager 1 first spacecraft to cross the heliosphere carries a copy of the Golden Record.

There were two Voyagers, and they were made with intense precision. Slow poured, and slowly enjoyed by generations.

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A detail of the Voyager Spacecraft Golden record diagram, depicting the scan triggering

Apollo 11 metal plaque, 3D

The Voyager Golden Record is a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth.

Alien teen discovers the Golden Record after Voyager has crash landed!

Carl Sagan in dots art

Voyager's Golden Record. View of the Golden Record carried by Voyagers 1 and 2 as a greeting to any intelligent life which may find them. The records give audio and visual information about Earth and its people, including greetings in 55 languages. At upper left are details of how to play the record to listen to the sounds, with information on viewing the images at right. The circle in the rectangle is the first image, so aliens will know their interpretation is correct. The lines at lower left show Earth's position relative to 14 pulsars. The 2 circles at lower right represent the hydrogen atom. The Voyagers were launched in 1977, and will reach nearby stars in 40,000 years.

Pale Blue Dot

Graphic space women under the moon