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Wednesday 28 October 2026

Voyager keeps going

Ten puzzles on the Voyager probes and their golden records, from a number code to a Playfair closer. Answers are at the foot.

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The cover of the Voyager Golden Record. Photo: NASA/JPL / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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Voyager 1 left Earth in 1977 and it's still the most distant spacecraft we've built. Its golden record is waiting for whoever finds it.

The gold-plated cover of the Voyager Golden Record, etched with instructions for playing it — The cover of the Voyager Golden Record. Photo: NASA/JPL / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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