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Both Voyager spacecraft carry a Golden Record meant for any alien who finds it: 115 images, sounds of Earth, music, and spoken greetings in 55 languages.
ILLUSTRATION · AIEach Voyager spacecraft carries a Golden Record, a message from Earth assembled by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan.
The record holds 115 images encoded in analog form, natural sounds such as surf, wind, thunder, birds and whales, musical selections from different cultures and eras, and spoken greetings in fifty-five languages.
Each record is encased in a protective aluminum jacket, together with a cartridge and a needle. Instructions in symbolic language explain the origin of the spacecraft and how the record is to be played.
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