NASA launched two 12-inch gold-plated copper disks filled with the sounds of children's laughter, heartbeats, and bird calls.

NASA's historic Voyager 2 probe is experiencing an unplanned ... The spacecraft first launched into orbit in 1977 carrying a "golden record" to act as a time capsule if it encounters any ...

The Voyager Golden Record is installed on the side of each probe. Credit: NASA/JPL “It’s not the Beatles’ strongest work, and the witticism of the title, if charming in the short run ...

Yet both copies of the Golden Record – each launched in 1977 aboard NASA's two Voyager spacecrafts – also contain some contents that are starting to show their age. Jimmy Carter's time in the ...

NASA's been slowly shutting down non-essential instruments on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft to save power. Aboard each spacecraft is a golden record, with images, sounds, greetings, and music ...

In the 1970s, NASA asked astronomy professors Carl ... A copy of the master recording of the Voyager Golden Record will go under the gavel at Sotheby’s this month. The audio-visual time capsule ...

The golden record contains audio messages in many ... You can still keep tabs on both probes on NASA's Voyager website. NASA expects Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 to run out of power -- officially ...

NASA workers mounting the recording to the ... The master recording of the Voyager Golden Record contains greetings in 59 different languages, a plethora of sounds from nature and 27 pieces ...

In 1977, NASA launched the groundbreaking Voyager 1 and 2 missions into space ... Should they run into any extraterrestrial neighbors, the Golden Record is meant to identify what they are ...

When NASA’s twin Voyager probes lifted off to explore the solar system just weeks apart in 1977, they carried identical golden records designed as the first recorded interstellar message from ...

In 1977, NASA launched Voyagers 1 and 2 from Cape ... civilizations in interstellar space," Sagan, leader of the Voyager Golden Record project, wrote. "But the launching of this 'bottle' into ...