Golden Record

The Golden Record is a carefully crafted, highly durable artifact created by NASA in 1977 to represent Earth’s diversity of life, culture, and science. It contains sounds, images, music, and greetings from various human cultures, intended as a cosmic message for any potential extraterrestrial intelligent beings who might find it in the distant future. Designed to withstand environmental conditions of space, it serves as a universal snapshot of humanity, reflecting our world’s richness in hopes that, if discovered, it can communicate who we are and what we value.