And, it brings us great fulfillment to pay tribute to the incredible scientist and dreamer that Carl Sagan was. Joined by Chick Churchill on keyboards and Ric Lee.

Vocalist, guitarist and principle songwriter Alvin Lee formed The Jaybirds with bassist Leo Lyons in England in the early 1960s. Top 40 albums chart and 12 albums in the U.S. Combining our creative impulses with those of discovery and science is our passion, and even on the scale that we are working with here, it was exhilarating to decide to do something that hasn’t been done before and to work towards its completion. Ten Years After were an English blues rock band who, between 19, had eight albums in the U.K. In a statement, Jack said, “Our main goal from inception to completion of this project was to inject imagination and inspiration into the daily discourse of music and vinyl lovers. The vessel used a “sturdy phono cartridge and stylus as well as an onboard flight computer programmed with a few different actions to keep the record playing while it was safe to do so.” The record was still spinning even after the vessel’s landing. The launch itself actually took place on July 2nd after receiving approval from the FAA and FCC. Update: Third Man Records has shared behind the scenes details. Files should be equalized and sequenced (songs in the same order as you want on the finished records), with the correct amount of leader or blank space in. The vinyl includes an etching of the diagram found on the Voyager Golden Record, which Sagan himself worked on. “A Glorious Dawn”, taken from Sagan’s 1980 television Cosmo series, was pressed by Third Man in 2009 in honor of the scientist’s 75th birthday.

A space in time vinyl