Voyager Golden Record and NASA's Voyager 1

• The Voyager Golden Records are two phonograph records, each containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth.

• The records were created by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form who may find them.

• The contents of the record were selected for NASA by a committee, taking into account scientific interest, cultural interest, and the diversity of humanity.

• The record includes music by composers such as J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Stravinsky, as well as electronic music by Laurie Spiegel.

• The selection of music for the record was completed by a tea party.

• The Voyager Golden Record contains images and audio of Earth and its inhabitants, including sounds of humpback whales.

• The images and audio are encoded in analogue form and composed of 512 vertical lines.

• The remainder of the record is audio, designed to be played at 16+2⁄3 revolutions per minute.

• The record was created by a team of scientists led by Carl Sagan.

• The record was designed to be played from the outside in, and includes information about the correct time to play one side of the record.

• One side of the record contains images and audio of Earth and its inhabitants, while the other side contains information about the correct time to play it.

• The record was created in 1978, and was sent to space on Voyager 1 in 1977.

• The Voyager Golden Record was one of the goals of the Voyager mission.

• The Voyager 1 record is a 12-inch-diameter gold-plated copper disc with a cover of aluminum.

• The record was constructed in 1977 and is now in the Kuiper belt.

• In about 40,000 years, Voyager 1 will come to within about 1.8 light-years of two separate stars: Voyager 1 will have approached star Gliese 445, located in the constellation Camelopardalis, and Voyager 2 will have approached star Ross 248, located in the constellation of Andromeda.

• In March 2012, Voyager 1 was over 17.9 billion km from the Sun and traveling at a speed of 3.6 AU per year.

• The Voyager 1 spacecraft is still operational and continues to send back data.

• The spacecraft entered interstellar space in 2013.

• The Golden Record is a record of music, images, and greetings from Earth, sent by NASA to Voyager 1 in 1977.

• The Voyager probes are a visitable landmark in the 2014 space-trading/simulation game Elite: Dangerous.

Test your knowledge of the iconic Voyager Golden Record and the NASA Voyager 1 mission, which carries the record. From the content of the record to the journey of the spacecraft, this quiz covers fascinating details about this extraordinary interstellar artifact.