Editing Voyager 1 (section)

== Golden record ==
{{Main|Voyager Golden Record}}
[[File:The Sounds of Earth - GPN-2000-001976.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.6|Voyager Golden Record]]
[[File:Voyager Golden Record greeting in English.ogg|thumb|A child's greeting (the voice of [[Nick Sagan]]) in English recorded on the [[Voyager Golden Record]]]]
Both Voyager space probes carry a gold-plated [[Gramophone record|audio-visual disc]], a compilation meant to showcase the diversity of life and culture on Earth in the event that either spacecraft is ever found by any extraterrestrial discoverer.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ferris |first=Timothy |date=May 2012 |title=Timothy Ferris on Voyagers' Never-Ending Journey |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Timothy-Ferris-on-Voyagers-Never-Ending-Journey.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104221550/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Timothy-Ferris-on-Voyagers-Never-Ending-Journey.html |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |access-date=August 19, 2013 |magazine=[[Smithsonian Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name="magazine">{{Cite web |last1=Gambino |first1=Megan |title=What Is on Voyager's Golden Record? |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-on-voyagers-golden-record-73063839/ |access-date=January 15, 2024 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en |archive-date=April 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408014620/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-on-voyagers-golden-record-73063839/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The record, made under the direction of a team including [[Carl Sagan]] and [[Timothy Ferris]], includes photos of the Earth and its lifeforms, a range of scientific information, spoken greetings from people such as the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] ([[Kurt Waldheim]]) and the [[President of the United States]] ([[Jimmy Carter]]) and a medley, "Sounds of Earth".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voyager Golden record |url=https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927062632/http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html/ |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=August 18, 2013 |publisher=JPL}}</ref> 

It includes the sounds of whales, a baby crying, waves breaking on a shore, and a collection of music spanning different cultures and eras including works by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], [[Blind Willie Johnson]], [[Chuck Berry]] and [[Valya Balkanska]]. Other Eastern and Western classics are included, as well as performances of indigenous and folk music from around the world. The record also contains greetings in 55 different languages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voyager Golden record |url=https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927062632/http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html/ |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=August 18, 2013 |publisher=JPL}}</ref> The project aimed to portray the richness of life on Earth and stand as a testament to human creativity and the desire to connect with the cosmos.<ref name="magazine" /><ref name="ferris-2017" />{{Clear}}