Louis Armstrong performing "Melancholy Blues," Mozart's Queen of the Night aria, and panpipes from Peru are etched among the cacophony of Earth sounds on the gold-plated records attached to Voyager 1 ...

The Golden Record consists of 115 analog-encoded photographs, greetings in 55 languages, a 12-minute montage of sounds on Earth and 90 minutes of music. J Marshall - Tribaleye Images / Alamy “I ...

In the summer of 1977, while most people were listening to disco and trying to figure out Star Wars, NASA launched two small spacecraft called Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They were simple-looking robots ...

Bob’s Blog: "It's been a profound experience to actually feel how slow we are by watching myself grow old as we take our first baby steps among the stars" ...

NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "In 1977, a team led by the great Carl Sagan was put together to create a record that would travel to the stars on the back of ...

Voyager 1 is one of humanity's greatest achievements in space travel. This spacecraft was launched by NASA in September 1977 on a one-way trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Originally, it ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This 40th anniversary box set of ...

In late 2026, a spacecraft launched in the 1970s will reach a distance from our planet that once belonged purely to science ...