Voyager Golden Record

Summary

Voyager Golden Record is an active SETI^[1]. It draws 11,695 Wikipedia views per month (active_seti category, ranking #2 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• Voyager Golden Record's instance of is recorded as active SETI^[3].
• Voyager Golden Record's instance of is recorded as phonograph record^[4].
• Voyager Golden Record's instance of is recorded as time capsule^[5].
• Voyager Golden Record's instance of is recorded as archives^[6].
• Among the performers on Voyager Golden Record was various artists^[7].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as pulsar^[8].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as binary numeral system^[9].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as gramophone^[10].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as scan line^[11].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as test card^[12].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as hydrogen^[13].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as spin^[14].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as galactic disc^[15].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as Vela Pulsar^[16].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as Crab Pulsar^[17].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as gramophone needle^[18].
• Voyager Golden Record's depicts is recorded as porrón^[19].
• Voyager Golden Record is made of copper^[20].
• Voyager Golden Record is made of gold^[21].
• Voyager Golden Record took place at interstellar medium^[22].
• Voyager Golden Record took place at outer Solar System^[23].
• Voyager Golden Record's place of publication is recorded as United States^[24].
• Voyager Golden Record is part of Voyager 1^[25].
• Voyager Golden Record is part of Voyager 2^[26].
• Voyager Golden Record is used for communication with extraterrestrial intelligence^[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Album^[28]

• First release date: 1977^[29]

• Genre(s): blues, classical, field recording, non-music, pop, rock^[30]

• Community tags: awesome, blues, classical, field recording, non-music, pop, rock, space, voyager^[31]

• MusicBrainz ID: e577786a-f488-450f-b4b7-39523bfa2c60^[32]

Body

Founding

1977 marks the founding of Voyager Golden Record^[33].

Identity

Part of include Voyager 1^[25], a flyby probe^[34] and Voyager 2^[26], a flyby probe^[35].

Why It Matters

Voyager Golden Record draws 11,695 Wikipedia views per month (active_seti category, ranking #2 of 3).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]