detecting the permanent bit flip problem that caused a two-week data loss event mid-2010. Voyager Golden Record Both spacecraft carry a golden phonograph record that contains pictures and sounds of Earth, symbolic directions on the cover for playing the record, and data detailing the location of Earth. The record is intended as a combination time capsule and an interstellar message to any civilization, alien or far-future human, that may recover either of the Voyagers. The contents of this record were selected by a committee that included Timothy Ferris and was chaired by Carl Sagan. Pale Blue Dot The Voyager program's discoveries during the primary phase of its mission, including new close-up color photos of the major planets, were regularly documented by print and electronic media outlets. Among the best-known of these is an image of the Earth as a Pale Blue Dot, taken in 1990 by Voyager 1, and popularized by Carl Sagan, See also Family Portrait The Farthest, a 2017 documentary on the program. Interstellar Express, a pair of Chinese probes inspired in part by the Voyagers. Interstellar probe Pioneer program Planetary Grand Tour Timeline of Solar System exploration References External links NASA sites NASA Voyager website – Main source of information. Voyager Mission status (updated in real time) Voyager Spacecraft Lifetime NASA Facts – Voyager Mission to the Outer Planets (PDF format) Voyager 1 and 2 atlas of six Saturnian satellites (PDF format) 1984 JPL Voyager Telecom Manual NASA instrument information pages: Non-NASA sites Spacecraft Escaping the Solar System – current positions and diagrams NPR: Science Friday 8/24/07 Interviews for 30th anniversary of Voyager spacecraft Illustrated technical paper by RL Heacock, the project engineer PBS featured documentary The Farthest-Voyager in Space Voyager image album by Kevin M. Gill Missions to Jupiter Missions to Saturn Missions to Uranus Missions to Neptune NASA programs Space program of the United States Projects established in 1977