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The remains of the Beagle 2 probe was found on Mars on Friday, a decade after it was thought to be lost when it tried to land on the planet.

The probe was carrying a song by the band Blur - with the idea they would be the first artist to be played on Mars.

This isn't the first time music has been sent into space. In 1977 NASA sent the Voyager I and Voyager II probes into space with an album on board - containing recordings of sounds from Earth and 90 minutes of music. Those probes continue to travel deeper and deeper into outer space.

Dotun Adebayo spoke to Timothy Ferris, who was given the task of producing the Voyager record to ask him how he managed to select just 90 minutes of music to represent Earth.

This was originally on 蜜芽传媒 5 Live Up All Night with Dotun Adebayo on Saturday 17 January 2015.