Pioneer plaque
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The Pioneer plaques are a pair of gold-anodized aluminium plaques that were placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 spacecraft, featuring a pictorial message, in case either Pioneer 10
The illustration on the Pioneer plaque
The plaque attached to Pioneer 10
Voyager Golden Record
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The Voyager Golden Records are two identical phonograph records, with one copy aboard each of the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977. The records contain sounds and data to reconstruct raster sca
Pioneer plaque
…This line indicates the Sun's relative distance to the center of the galaxy. The pulsar map and hydrogen atom diagram are shared in common with the Voyager Golden Record. At the bottom of the plaque is a schematic diagram of the Solar System. A small picture of the spacecraft is shown, and the trajectory shows its way…
The Voyager Golden Record
Cover of the Voyager Golden Record
The golden record's location on Voyager (middle-bottom-left)
Preparation for the record's packaging before the launch of Voyager 2