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Description	Čeština: Přebal Zlaté desky Voyageru s návodem, jak desku přehrát Deutsch: Goldene Platte der Voyager-2-Sonde English: Voyager Golden Record This gold aluminium cover was designed to protect the Voyager 1 and 2 "Sounds of Earth" gold-plated records from micrometeorite bombardment, but also serves a double purpose in providing the finder a key to playing the record. The explanatory diagram appears on both the inner and outer surfaces of the cover, as the outer diagram will be eroded in time. Flying aboard Voyagers 1 and 2 are identical "golden" records, carrying the story of Earth far into deep space. The 12 inch gold-plated copper discs contain greetings in 60 languages, samples of music from different cultures and eras, and natural and man-made sounds from Earth. They also contain electronic information that an advanced technological civilization could convert into diagrams and photographs. Currently, both Voyager probes are sailing adrift in the black sea of interplanetary space, flying towards the outmost border of our solar system. Français : Voyager Golden Record Cette pochette en aluminium a été conçue pour protéger les disques plaqués or Sounds of Earth de Voyager 1 et 2 du bombardement de micrométéorites, mais aussi pour donner des informations sur comment restituer l'enregistrement. Le diagramme explicatif apparaît sur les faces interne et externe de la pochette, car le diagramme extérieur va subir une érosion dans le temps.
Date	4 September 1977
Source	The Sounds of Earth Record Cover
Author	NASA/JPL
Other versions	The Record Plain gold colored svg version Transparent svg version

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English: One of two copies of the Voyager Golden Record, the first of which was launched with the Voyager 1 probe on September 5, 1977.

Other languages:

Čeština: Přebal Zlaté desky Voyageru s návodem, jak desku přehrát

English: One of two copies of the Voyager Golden Record, the first of which was launched with the Voyager 1 probe on September 5, 1977.

Français : L’un des deux exemplaires du

Voyager Golden Record

, dont le premier fut envoyé avec la sonde Voyager 1 le 5 septembre 1977.

Italiano: Una delle due copie del Voyager Golden Record, il primo dei quali venne lanciato con la sonda spaziale Voyager 1 il 5 settembre 1977.

Magyar: Az 1977. szeptember 5-én felbocsájtott amerikai Voyager–1 űrszonda egyik aranylemeze

Nederlands: Een van de twee kopieën van de Voyager Golden Record, waarvan de eerste gelanceerd werd met de Voyager 1 op 5 september 1977.

Македонски: Еден од двата примерока на Војаџеровата златна плоча - другиот е на сондата „Војаџер 1“, лансирана на 5 септември 1977.

Русский: Одна из двух копий золотой пластинки «Вояджера»

ქართული: Voyager Golden Record-ის ერთ-ერთი ასლი, რომელიც 1977 წლის 5 სექტემბერს ზონდ Voyager 1-ით კოსმოსში გაუშვეს.

한국어: 1977년 9월 5일 발사된 보이저 1호에 실린 보이저 금제 음반.

中文：旅行者金唱片的两个拷贝之一。另一份跟随旅行者1号于1977年9月5日发射至太空。

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Old file history

English-Wikipedia

date/time	username	edit summary
04:46, 9 April 2006	Mathewignash	Cover of the Voyager Golden Disk.

German-Wikipedia

date/time	username	edit summary
15:23, 29. Mai 2005	FEXX	höhere Auflösung, bessere Bildqualität
16:56, 8. Feb 2004	Matthäus Wander	Goldene Platte der Voyager 2 Sonde von Wikipedia Englisch kopiert
21:46, 13. Dez 2003	Bent	Cover of the Voyager Golden Disk.

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	17:47, 24 July 2009	2,389 × 2,999 (6.54 MB)	Tm	higher resolutio from same source
	18:38, 9 May 2006	893 × 817 (173 KB)	Kajk	bigger and higher resolution
	10:54, 11 May 2005	486 × 494 (34 KB)	Mattes	new