Linda Salzman Sagan Explained

Linda Salzman (July 16, 1940 – November 22, 2023) was an American artist and writer.

Biography

Salzman Sagan created the artwork for the plaque on the Pioneer spacecraft^[1] and coproduced the Voyager Golden Record.^[2]

Salzman Sagan co-authored the book Murmurs of Earth with her husband, astronomer Carl Sagan, whom she married on April 6, 1968; the marriage lasted until their divorce in 1981.^[3]

Salzman Sagan was the mother of author and screenwriter Nick Sagan.^[2]

Linda Salzman Sagan died in Ithaca, New York, on November 22, 2023, at the age of 83.^[4]

See also

• NASA Ames Research Center

Notes and References

1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zskpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6OwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7426,3343093 A newspaper article written in The Spokesman Review published: Feb 24, 1972
2. https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-110732090 From a critical essay - Moss, Alexandra (author), published: November 1, 2003
3. Head, Tom (ed.) Conversations with Carl Sagan, pp. xxii, xiv (University Press of Mississippi 2006)
4. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/linda-sagan-obituary?pid=205765980 Linda Sagan Obituary