Facts about Voyager 1 Golden Record
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A symbolic diagram on the Voyager 1 Golden Record's cover shows a pulsar map intended to help extraterrestrials locate the Sun's position in the galaxy.
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Encoded on the Voyager 1 Golden Record are 90 minutes of music from cultures around the world, including Bach, Beethoven, and Azerbaijani folk music.
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Launched in 1977, the Voyager 1 Golden Record is a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk designed to survive in space for billions of years.
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Curated by a committee that included Carl Sagan, the Voyager 1 Golden Record features 116 encoded images depicting Earth's geography, humans, and scientific concepts.
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The Voyager 1 Golden Record contains greetings in 55 languages, along with sounds, music, and images intended to represent life and culture on Earth.