Chakrulo Heads Into Space as Voyager 1 Reaches One Light-Day from Earth

The Georgian polyphonic song Chakrulo, performed by two soloists over a full choir, was selected for NASA’s Voyager Golden Record and is notable for its tunings that cannot be reproduced on a standard piano. The article follows how Chakrulo, a symbol of Georgia’s musical heritage recognized by UNESCO, traveled with the Golden Record aboard Voyager 1, whose November 2026 milestone will place the spacecraft a full light-day away from Earth—making it the first human-made object to separate a full day of light from our planet, while the recording continues to journey through space unseen but significant.