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Still Kickin’ Since the ’70s: NASA’s Voyager Mission Keeps Exploring
NASA’s Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it’s making history as it conducts new science. But how are two ...
NASA’s Voyager Shuts Down Plasma Sensor After 47 Years of Discovery
After 47 years and 15 billion miles, the Plasma Science Experiment aboard NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft has been turned off. NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft were originally designed for a four-year ...
NASA reconnects with interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft using technology not used in decades
NASA reconnected with Voyager 1, which is located nearly 15 billion miles away from Earth, after a brief pause that triggered ...
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NASA just sent a software update to a spacecraft 12 billion miles away
Voyager 2 is over 12 billion miles from Earth, making its way through interstellar space. Along its almost 50-year journey, the probe has seen more of the universe than we ever will. Now ...
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NASA powers down science instrument to conserve Voyager 2 power supply
What just happened? NASA has remotely disabled one of the science instruments on its Voyager 2 spacecraft in response to the probe's dwindling energy supply. The space agency had hoped to keep all ...
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Aging spacecraft starts up a radio transmitter it hasn’t used since 1981 from 15 billion miles away
Voyager 1 relays messages to NASA’s mission control team after losing contact due to a technical issue. The aging spacecraft ...
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NASA's Voyager finally phoned home with a device unused since 1981
SEE ALSO: NASA spacecraft has roamed billions of miles — but hasn't reached the 'edge' Tweet may have been deleted Both Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, have been bopping along for nearly a ...
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NASA switches off instrument on Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power
FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows the "Sounds of Earth" record being mounted on the Voyager 2 spacecraft in the Safe-1 Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Aug. 4, 1977. NEW YORK (AP ...
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Voyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981
NASA lost contact with the interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft for nearly a week after a technical glitch shut off the probe's main transmitter. Using Voyager's weaker backup transmitter, engineers are ...
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Voyager 1 is alive: NASA spacecraft reawakens 15 billion miles away from Earth
On October 16th, Voyager 1's fault protection system kicked in, a safety measure designed to preserve the spacecraft's limited power.
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Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981
Related: NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles Voyager 1's fault protection system can be triggered for a number of reasons, such as if the spacecraft overdraws its power ...
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Voyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981
Related: NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles Engineers suspect that, during this period, Voyager 1's fault protection system triggered two more times. This forced the ...