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Radiolab: Carl Sagan And Ann Druyan’s Voyager Love Story

This is a love story. And, oddly enough, it starts with an interstellar space mission and a golden record.

Toward the end of the summer of ‘77, NASA launched two spacecraft as part of the Voyager Interstellar Mission. On board each craft was a golden record that included, among other things, the sound of a kiss, a mother’s first words to her newborn child, music from all over the world, and greetings in 59 different languages.

For Druyan, though, the summer of 1977 and the Voyager project carry a deeply personal meaning, too. It was during the Voyager project that she and Sagan fell in love.

With the Shuttle program nearing its end, it is important to remember the romance and passion behind space travel and exploration.

If you have never heard this Radiolab segment, take a second and listen to this.

(via crookedindifference)