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In 1977, NASA launched spacecraft Voyager 1 and 2. Twenty-five years later, they are the most distant human-made objects in space. And on Voyager 1, there is a record, containing sounds, voices and music from all over the world – literally, a record of the human race. Jazz musician Matt Glaser marvels at this ambitious effort, and wonders what aliens might make of us after they listen to Louis Armstrong’s “Melancholy Blues,” shakuhachi flute music from Japan, or Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F.