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Linda Salzman Sagan (born July 16, 1940) is an artist
Artist

The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art....
 and writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
, famed for creating the artwork for the plaque on the Pioneer spacecraft
Pioneer plaque

The Pioneer plaques are a pair of gold anodized aluminum commemorative plaque which were placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 spacecraft, featuring a pictogram, in case either Pioneer 10 or 11 are intercepted by extraterrestrial beings....
 and for coproducing the Voyager Golden Record
Voyager Golden Record

The Voyager Golden Record is a phonograph record included in the two Voyager program spacecraft launched in 1977. It contains sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth....
. She co-authored the book Murmurs of Earth with her ex-husband, astronomer
Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies Celestial body such as planets, stars, and Galaxy.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws....
 Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan

Carl Edward Sagan, Ph.D. was an United States astronomer, Astrochemistry, author, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences....
, whom she married on April 6, 1968; the marriage lasted until their divorce in 1981, whereupon Carl Sagan married his third and final wife, Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan

Ann Druyan is an United States author and media producer known for her involvement in many projects aiming to popularize and explain science. She is probably best-known as the last wife of Carl Sagan, and co-author of the Cosmos: A Personal Voyage series and book, along with Sagan and Steven Soter....
. She is also known for directing a number of plays for the Central Casting Theater in Ithaca
Ithaca, New York

The City of Ithaca sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York New York State, USA. It is best known for being home to Cornell University ? an Ivy League school with almost 20,000 students ....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 and for writing episodes of television shows such as Knots Landing
Knots Landing

Knots Landing is an United States primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27 1979 to May 13 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered around the lives of four married couples residing in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle....
 and General Hospital
General Hospital

General Hospital is an United States soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network during the day and on SOAPnet each weeknight....
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Linda Salzman Sagan (born July 16, 1940) is an artist
Artist

The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art....
 and writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
, famed for creating the artwork for the plaque on the Pioneer spacecraft
Pioneer plaque

The Pioneer plaques are a pair of gold anodized aluminum commemorative plaque which were placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 spacecraft, featuring a pictogram, in case either Pioneer 10 or 11 are intercepted by extraterrestrial beings....
 and for coproducing the Voyager Golden Record
Voyager Golden Record

The Voyager Golden Record is a phonograph record included in the two Voyager program spacecraft launched in 1977. It contains sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth....
. She co-authored the book Murmurs of Earth with her ex-husband, astronomer
Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies Celestial body such as planets, stars, and Galaxy.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws....
 Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan

Carl Edward Sagan, Ph.D. was an United States astronomer, Astrochemistry, author, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences....
, whom she married on April 6, 1968; the marriage lasted until their divorce in 1981, whereupon Carl Sagan married his third and final wife, Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan

Ann Druyan is an United States author and media producer known for her involvement in many projects aiming to popularize and explain science. She is probably best-known as the last wife of Carl Sagan, and co-author of the Cosmos: A Personal Voyage series and book, along with Sagan and Steven Soter....
. She is also known for directing a number of plays for the Central Casting Theater in Ithaca
Ithaca, New York

The City of Ithaca sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York New York State, USA. It is best known for being home to Cornell University ? an Ivy League school with almost 20,000 students ....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 and for writing episodes of television shows such as Knots Landing
Knots Landing

Knots Landing is an United States primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27 1979 to May 13 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered around the lives of four married couples residing in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle....
 and General Hospital
General Hospital

General Hospital is an United States soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network during the day and on SOAPnet each weeknight....
. Sagan was born in the Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
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Ms. Salzman Sagan is the mother of author and screenwriter Nick Sagan
Nick Sagan

Nick Sagan is an United States novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of the science fiction novels Idlewild , Edenborn, and Everfree, and his screen credits include several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager....
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