Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Prelude and Fugue in C No. 1
Glenn Gould piano
In 1977, we sent out 2 spacecraft Voyager 1 and 2 into space. Included on both were 2 gold records containing drawings of our species, images of life on Earth, and sounds of us, the planet and music. The piece above was one of the selections.
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| Cover of the gold record with playback instructions | |
Carl Sagan who worked on the project noted that this was "...launching a bottle into the cosmic ocean..."
Today, Voyager 1 is roughly 14.5 billion miles away in the constellation of Ophiucus. Voyager 2 is roughly 12.1 billion miles away in the constellation of Pavo.
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