Navajo Chant Was Included on the "Golden Record" aboard NASA's Voyager 1 & 2 Spacecraft.
The Voyager 1 and 2 Spacecraft, launched in 1977, were sent out to explore the cosmos, and are currently located in the Heliosheath, more distant from the Sun than Pluto. Each craft is carrying a "Golden Record," a selection of sounds from our planet for the education of intelligent alien life.
According to the NASA website for Voyager, the records contain the following bit of Navajo music: "Navajo Indians, Night Chant, recorded by Willard Rhodes. 0:57"
See the link from NASA for the Golden Record's musical content: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/music.html
The Wikipedia article on the Golden Record is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record
Posted Jul 10, 2012, 10:43 AM UTC
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