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Frank Drake and Carl Sagan’s legacy in SETI and messaging extraterrestrial intelligence

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Frank Drake and Carl Sagan helped shape the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and efforts to communicate with it. Their work included the Pioneer plaques and Voyager Golden Records, artifacts that placed messages about humanity aboard spacecraft sent beyond Earth.

Discovered 2026-11-12T14:14:56.375137-08:00 | 2026-11-12T14:14:56.375137-08:00

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  • The history of the Pioneer plaques and Voyager Golden Records shows how scientific missions have also carried messages intended to represent humanity beyond Earth.
  • Drake and Sagan’s contributions connect the search for extraterrestrial intelligence with the broader scientific and cultural goals of space exploration.

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