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Postcards from Voyager

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NASA launched  twin Voyager probes (one shown) in 1977. Many of the crafts' instruments still  work, with 8-track recorders handling the data.

NASA

By Alexandra Witze

- More than 2 years ago

To catch the faint signal of a spacecraft leaving the solar system, you have to listen very carefully. At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., that’s Suzanne Dodd’s job.

Dodd (below) is project manager for NASA’s twin Voyager probes, launched in 1977 to explore Jupiter and Saturn.