And, now, the master audio behind the record can be yours for somewhere between $400,000 – $600,000. That's quite a lot for what's essentially a tape reel of a seemingly random selection of songs and ...

a set of reel-to-reel tapes with the labels "NASA reel 1 side 1" and "reel 2 side 3" The two reels are not much to look at and the quality of their audio recordings, while described to be "excellent," ...

The call of a humpback whale, a Navajo night chant and the brain waves of a woman falling in love… these are just some of the sounds recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, the phonograph time capsule ...

One of the most iconic pieces of space exploration history is up for auction. When NASA’s twin Voyager probes lifted off to explore the solar system just weeks apart in 1977, they carried identical ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Voyager 1 and 2 are still hurtling through interstellar space well ...

Voyager 1 and its identical sister craft Voyager 2 were launched in 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. The master copy of the famous golden record attached to NASA ...

If an extraterrestrial species were ever to intercept the famed Golden Record blasted off decades ago into space, they'd be introduced to timeless elements of humanity and our existence on Earth: ...

"The undertaking of the Golden Record reflects the incredible optimism, fascination and humility when faced with the great unknown of the universe." When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

In the 1970s, NASA asked astronomy professors Carl Sagan and Frank Drake to create a record synopsizing humankind to send into space with the Voyager 1 and 2. It could now be sent to your home, too. A ...