NASA’s Voyager 1 jumpstarts radio transmitter unused since 1981 to ‘phone home’ from 15.4 billion miles into space
The 47-year-old NASA Voyager 1 fell back on a radio transmitter it hadn’t used since 1981 to ping home base after a technical ...
NASA's Voyager finally phoned home with a device unused since 1981
NASA's farthest spacecraft, Voyager 1, is running low on power but carries on its journey through interstellar space. Credit: ...
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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 ...
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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World's first wooden satellite arrives on International Space Station
The first satellite in space made mostly of wood arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday along with other ...
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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 ...
15 Billion Miles Away, NASA’s Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence
NASA reconnected with Voyager 1 after a fault protection system prompted the spacecraft to turn off a transmitter. Engineers at JPL are investigating the incident, facing the challenge of managing ...
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Where Are NASA's Voyagers Now and What Happens to Them Next?
It's been more than 47 years since NASA sent two historic space probes—Voyager 1 and 2—out into the universe, and, against ...
NASA Turns On Backup Radio Not Used Since 1981 To Ping Voyager 1 15 Billion Miles Away
The space agency reported Voyager 1 recently turned off one of its two radio transmitters, and the team is currently working ...
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Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981
The backup radio transmitter has remained dormant for about 43 years. Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to using a backup radio transmitter that has been ...
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Lost for almost 50 years, Nasa reconnects with Voyager 1 spacecraft 15 billion miles away
NASA has re-established contact with 47-year-old Voyager 1 after years of silence. The spacecraft's fault protection system ...
Planet's moon may have an ocean under its surface
Miranda is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites and orbits the planet around once every 1.4 Earth ...