NASA Took These Recordings in 1977 and Uploaded Them

Have you heard these?

This has to be one of the neatest uses of the internet. In 1977 NASA embarked on a mission that is not often discussed and extremely cool. They took some recordings and apparently these cosmic sounds have been uploaded to soundcloud:

What do extraterrestrials listen to? Well, we don’t know for sure, but when NASA launched Voyager 1 and 2 into the Solar System in 1977, the space agency equipped the probes with the ‘Golden Record’, intended for any aliens (or future humans) who might one day discover the recordings. The record is a phonograph compilation of greetings from Earth in several languages and other accompanying audio designed to introduce the listener to the sounds of 20th century humankind.

Those recordings have now been uploaded to Soundcloud so anybody with an Internet connection can experience this unique time capsule for themselves (no alien-ness required), knowing that the distant originals meanwhile are drifting through space somewhere.

Were you aware of this? In a strange coincidence that is the same year of the “alien wow signal” which is still a mystery.

Let’s find out more and listen to the NASA soundcloud on page 2