Each Voyager spacecraft has 65,000 individual parts. Photograph taken on October 8, 1976. Lamination bonding of the golden record. The 12-inch records were mastered in lacquer, cut from copper ...

Voyager's Golden Record is a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk, encoded with music, sounds and images from Earth. Its aluminum cover is engraved with instructions, and a unique galactic map.

Each golden record measures 12 inches in diameter ... protective aluminum case − is bolted to the side of Voyager's bus housing that contains its electronics and instruments.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Voyager 1 was launched ... and Neptune and of each carrying a golden record, each of which contains sounds of nature, human voices, music ...