VOYAGER 1: 1977

VOYAGER 1: now the most distant human-made object in space...
















Voyager 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral on
September 5, 1977.
As of January 04, 2012
Voyager 1 is about 120.07704 astronomical units (1.7963270×1010 km) from the Earth.

35 Years in space...

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/index.html

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/where/index.html


The Golden Record:
The following is a listing of pictures electronically placed on the phonograph records
which are carried on board the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft.
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/scenes.html

also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record#Playback