Voyager Golden Record
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Golden records[edit]
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"The Sounds of Earth" - the Voyager Golden Record
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The metal cover of the Voyager Golden Record
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The metal cover of the Voyager Golden Record
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Outline of the cover diagram
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Explanation of the cover diagram
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The Voyager Golden Record in production - gold plating
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Preparation of the disc before launch
Voyager craft[edit]
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NASA scientists attach the record to Voyager I
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Location of the Golden Record on Voyager I
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Location of the Golden Record on Voyager 2
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Launch of Voyager 2, 20 August 1977
Contents[edit]
For a full list of contents, see Contents of the Voyager Golden Record
Greetings[edit]
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Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General Of The UN
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Nick Sagan: "Hello from the children of Planet Earth"
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Greetings In 55 Languages
Music[edit]
Representative audio samples
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J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 - I. Allegro (1721)
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J.S. Bach: Partita for Violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 - III. "Gavotte en Rondeau" (1720)
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W.A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Aria: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (1791)
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c minor, op. 67 - I. Allegro con brio (1808)
Images[edit]
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Planet Mars
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Motor vehicles on a highway
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Planet Jupiter
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Arecibo observatory, Puerto Rico
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De mundi systemate from Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)
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Astronaut Edward White during a spacewalk (1965)
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NASA Titan-Centaur rocket launch
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Musical score of the "Cavatina" from Beethoven's String Quartet No. 13
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Planet Earth
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Planet Earth
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Photograph of The Tetons and the Snake River by Ansel Adams (1942)
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A woman in a supermarket
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The Sun's light spectrum
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Humans eating and drinking
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Planet Mercury
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A woman looking at an x-ray photo of her hand
Contributors[edit]
Committee[edit]
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Carl Sagan
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Frank Drake
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Alan Lomax
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Ann Druyan
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Robert E. Brown
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Timothy Ferris
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Jimmy Iovine
Musical artists[edit]
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Louis Armstrong
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Valya Balkanska
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Edda Moser
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Budapest String Quartet
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Chuck Berry
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Igor Stravinsky
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Glenn Gould
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Arthur Grumiaux
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Kesarbai Kerkar
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Otto Klemperer
Others[edit]
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Kurt Waldheim
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Nick Sagan