It's Quieter in the Twilight
Hacker ApprovedRanked 4 of 17 documentary films by recommenders
Recommended as a documentary about the aging engineers who still run the Voyager missions and keep them operating.
Recommended as a documentary about the aging engineers who still run the Voyager missions and keep them operating.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Shows the team operating Voyager
“Watch the documentary "It's Quieter in the Twilight" to find out how the people currently responsible for Voyager 1 & 2 managed”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Voyager Spacecraft Code” “Watch the documentary "It's Quieter in the Twilight" to find out how the people responsible for Voyager 1 & 2 feel about it.”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating” “I can really recommend the documentary It's Quieter in the Twilight . It covers the flight-team operating Voyager”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating” - Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating”
Portrait of aging, mostly retired engineers
“There is a terrific documentary, 'Its quieter in the twilight', about the aging and dwindling team that still runs both Voyager missions”
Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder” “a dedicated team of engineers (mostly retired) are fighting to keep the Voyager mission alive”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Voyager 1 is about to reach one light-day from Earth” “a cool documentary about the engineers still running voyager”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “NASA still maintains some of the Voyager spacecraft code from the 70s era”
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The four most recommended other documentary films, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| You Can See Everything | 39 | 30 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| The Thinking Game | 15 | 8 | 65% | 3 | — | — |
| HyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis | 14 | 1 | 93% | 7 | — | Approved |
| It's Quieter in the TwilightThis page | 12 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| BBS: The Documentary | 11 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
9 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“a cool documentary about the engineers still running voyager”
“Watch the documentary "It's Quieter in the Twilight" to find out how the people currently responsible for Voyager 1 & 2 managed”
“I watched it last night, and loved it.”
“Watch the documentary "It's Quieter in the Twilight" to find out how the people responsible for Voyager 1 & 2 feel about it.”
“I can really recommend the documentary It's Quieter in the Twilight . It covers the flight-team operating Voyager”
“about the entire Voyager team and their efforts to keep the program operational”
“Such a wonderful meditation on career and meaning and fellowship and purpose.”
“There is a terrific documentary, 'Its quieter in the twilight', about the aging and dwindling team that still runs both Voyager missions”
“a dedicated team of engineers (mostly retired) are fighting to keep the Voyager mission alive”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.