Space probe Vpyager 1

Voyager 1 is a spacecraft of the US space agency NASA for the exploration of the outer planetary system and interstellar space within the Voyager program. It was launched on September 5, 1977, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral on a Titan IIIE Centaur rocket. Voyager 1 first flew to the planets Jupiter and Saturn, and on Aug. 25, 2012, became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space. Voyager 1's mission is considered one of the greatest successes of NASA and spaceflight in general. The probe still sends data to Earth on a regular basis. It is also the furthest man-made object from Earth and will retain that status for the foreseeable future. As of March 26, 2022, Voyager 1 is approximately 155.79 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun, or about 23.31 billion kilometers. Annually, the distance increases by about 3.6 AU (about 540 million km), corresponding to a (radial) velocity of about 61,000 km/h.

Voyager 1 carries a data plate made of copper, which is coated with gold as protection against corrosion, the so-called "Voyager Golden Record". On it picture and audio information about mankind are stored. On the front are, among other things, a kind of instruction manual and a map showing the position of the sun in relation to 14 pulsars.

"The Sounds of Earth" cover of the data disk aboard Yoyager.