The Voyager Golden Record Finally Finds An Earthly Audience

When Voyager 1 and its identical sister craft Voyager 2 launched in 1977, each carried a gold record titled The Sounds Of Earth that contained a selection of recordings of life and culture on Earth. The cover contains instructions for any extraterrestrial being wishing to play the record.

For 40 years, the record’s interstellar message to extraterrestrials remained mostly unheard by human audiences — until a Kickstarter campaign brought a new vinyl box set to the public.

(Image credit: NASA/Getty Images)