On this day in 1977, Voyager 2 was launched by NASA from a
spaceport in Cape Canaveral, Florida with a Titan IIIE / Centaur
rocket . The spacecraft was carrying a copper phonograph
record containing greetings in dozens of languages and
samples of music (below).
Singer Robert Anthony Plant is 71 today.
Led Zepplin reunited for a show at London’s O2 arena, 2007.