NASA Dumps Voyager’s Golden Record Content to SoundCloud

If anyone wants to listen to sounds of NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe's ‘golden record’, here is a golden opportunity as the American space agency has put them online for free streaming at SoundCloud.

The Voyager message is carried by a phonograph record, a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth.

The agency has dropped a new remix containing a sweet and sentimental 1970s vibe. The track comes from the famous Golden Records aboard two of NASA's most famous spacecraft.

The space agency in 1977 launched Voyager 1 and 2 toward Jupiter and Saturn to explore those worlds up-close for the first time. But the probe could not stick around, then scientists pre-loaded two 12-inch gold-plated phonograph records with grainy sounds and images reminiscent of our diverse and vibrant life here on Earth.

These records were attached to each spacecraft before launching them. Now, this is for the first time when NASA has strung together each of the nearly 20 individual sounds of Earth into one beautiful-yet-eerie track, and posted it to SoundCloud for your listening pleasure.

Carl Sagan, the renowned astronomer and science communicator chaired the committee that chose all 115 images and sounds, including the roaring waves of the ocean, chirping birds, bellowing whales, claps of thunder, and other audio samples.

The records also include greetings spoken in 55 different languages and even a printed message from then-President Jimmy Carter.

The Voyager mission was so successful that NASA prolonged its original five-year lifespan to 12 years, extending its journey to Uranus and Neptune.