Voyager 1 and 2 are still hurtling through interstellar space well beyond our solar system after over 47 years and hundreds of millions of miles. While recent equipment issues hint at the historic ...

The Golden Record carried by Voyager 1 and 2. Photographs of Jupiter by Voyager 1 on March 24, 1979 and Uranus by Voyager 2 on January 24, 1986. Photo Illustration by Jesse Barber, National Geographic ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft could end up bearing a message for intelligent aliens, just as the agency's venerable Voyager probes are doing. Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 famously carry copies of the ...

In November 2026, a milestone will be reached in human space exploration when Voyager 1 becomes the first man-made object to ...

The Voyager 1 space probe is the farthest human-made object in space. It launched in 1977 with a golden record on board that carried assorted sounds of our home planet: greetings in many different ...

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’s journey preserves a snapshot of human life for any civilization that might encounter it. The Golden Record reflects our culture, creativity, and curiosity.