Gold Record In Space

From a whale song to a kiss the time capsule sent into space in 1977 had some interesting contents.

Gold record in space. Each identical golden record contains. The golden records location on voyager middle bottom left the voyager golden records are two phonograph records that were included aboard both voyager spacecrafts launched in 1977. Gold records in deep space steve bransford. The record which is carried on both the voyager 1 and voyager 2 spacecraft additionally features musical selections from different cultures and eras spoken greetings in.

Die voyager golden records sind datenplatten mit bild und audio informationen die an bord der beiden 1977 gestarteten interstellaren raumsonden voyager 1 und voyager 2 angebracht sind. 117 pictures explaining earth. With this example before them nasa placed a more ambitious message aboard voyager 1 and 2 a kind of time capsule intended to communicate a story of our world to. Published november 3 2008.

It contains the spoken greetings beginning with akkadian which was spoken in sumer about six thousand years ago and ending with wu a modern chinese dialectfollowing the section on the sounds of earth there is an eclectic 90 minute selection of music including both eastern and western. Die datenplatten wurden als botschaften an ausserirdische in der hoffnung hergestellt etwaige intelligente ausserirdische lebensformen koennten dadurch von der menschheit und ihrer position im universum. Only by acknowledging roots musics ephemeral and fragile qualities do its archival traces. Pioneers 10 and 11 which preceded voyager both carried small metal plaques identifying their time and place of origin for the benefit of any other spacefarers that might find them in the distant future.

This includes drawings and images that convey information about our solar system images of people doing various activities and a variety of planets and animals as well as scenes from around the world. The records contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on earth and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form who may find them. The remainder of the record is in audio designed to be played at 16 23 revolutions per minute. The golden record consists of 115 analog encoded.

In 1977 nasa launched two spacecraft that would venture far out into deep space each carrying a golden record with a message from earth for any aliens the vessels might encounter. Steve bransford traces the relationship between roots music and documentary film.