United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Carter, Jimmy, 1924-2024. Waldheim, Kurt. sound recording 1977. eng A gold-plated copper disc that contains sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. Includes 115 images, a variety of natural sounds, 90-minutes of musical selections from different cultures and eras, and spoken greetings from Earth-people in fifty-five languages. In addition, it includes printed messages from President Jimmy Carter and U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. NASA produced this recording in 1977 to accompany the Voyager 1 and 2 interstellar spacecraft. Etched into matrix area: "to the makers of music--all worlds, all times." The 115 images are encoded in analog form. Previously shelved under NCP 3547. NASA, from Administrator Robert A. Frosch. The story behind the creation of the recording and a full list of its contents can be found in: Murmurs of earth : the Voyager interstellar record / Carl Sagan. New York : Random House, 1978. Voyager Project.