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The Voyager Golden Record - Our Message to the Stars

Open-access content E+T Editorial Team — Mon 30 Oct 2023 — updated 17 Nov 2023
Voyager Orbiting At Titan And Saturn Dawn - Credit Devrimb iStock

In 1977, humanity launched a message in a bottle into the stars, golden records attached to the two Voyager probes with information and images of our planet.

With no guarantee if our message would find anyone, or the intention if civilization it could find, we launched a collection of images, sounds and information about our precious blue planet.

Image credit | Devrimb iStock

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