The Loyal Engineers Steering NASA’s Voyager Probes Across the Universe

Launched in 1977, the Voyager spacecraft are still out there, monitored by nine flight-team engineers who are fluent in an archaic programming code known only to them. They are forgoing retirement to squeeze every last watt out of the 40-year-old spacecraft, which will run out of energy by 2030 at the latest.

Published: Aug 3, 2017
Length: 18 minutes (4,700 words)