Greetings in 55 Languagesby Greetings in 55 Languages

Aboard the Voyager 2--launched into space on this day in 1977--NASA placed an ambitious message aboard Voyager 1 and 2, a kind of time capsule, intended to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials. 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. Read more about the Greetings to the Universe in 55 Different Languages: science.nasa.gov