The making of the Voyager Golden Record
Published: 18th August, 2017 at 00:00
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Still flying through and beyond our Solar System, the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes carry aboard with them a Golden Record, demonstrating the life and culture of planet Earth – see images of this iconic time capsule being made in 1977.
Voyager Phonograph Record, 5-10-1977
Voyager Recording Session, 6-17-77
Voyager Recording Session, 6-29-77 1
Voyager Recording Session, 6-29-77 2
Voyager Recording Session, 6-29-77 3
Voyager Recording Session, 6-29-77 4
Voyager, Recording Session, 6-29-77 5
Voyager Recording Session, 6-29-77 6
Voyager Golden Record production; record machine fixture, 6-30-77 1
Voyager Golden Record production machine and fixture, 6-30-77 2
Voyager Golden Record production machine and fixture, 6-30-77 3
Voyager Golden Record production machine, 6-30-77 4
Voyager Golden Record production machine and fixture, 6-30-77 4
Voyager Golden Record, project plastic lab, 7-21-77
Voyager Golden Record, etching, 7-28-77 1
Voyager Golden Record etching, 7-28-77 2
Voyager Golden Record, etching, 7-28-77 3
Voyager Golden Record, etching, 7-28-77 4
Voyager Golden Record, etching, 7-28-77 5
Voyager Golden Record, etching, 7-28-77 6
Voyager Golden Record, gold plating, 8-23-77 1
Voyager Gold Record, Gold Plating, 8-23-77 2
Voyager Golden Record, gold plating, 8-23-77 3
Voyager Golden Record, gold plating, 8-23-77 4
Voyager Golden Record, lamination bonding, 8-30-77 1
Voyager Golden Record, lamination bonding, 8-30-77 2
Voyager Golden Record, lamination bonding, 8-31-77
Voyager Gold Record assembly at KSC, 8-4-77
John Casani, 8-4-77
Mounting the Golden Record
All images © NASA/JPL-Caltech
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