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 ...
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NASA's Voyager finally phoned home with a device unused since 1981
Voyager's problem began on Oct. 16 ... Days later, engineers with the Deep Space Network, a system of three enormous radio ...
NASA is now talking to Voyager 1 with a radio that hasn’t been used since 1981
NASA first noticed the issue on October 16, when the Voyager 1 team sent out a command through NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN ...
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 ...
Voyager 1 Reconnects With Earth Over Radio Transmitter That Hasn’t Been Used In 47 Years
Voyager 1 remains humanity’s furthest outpost, hurtling across interstellar space at 38,210 miles per hour. However, NASA ...
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Voyager 1 shocks NASA by communicating with a radio system not used since 1981
Voyager 1 switched to a very old backup radio transmitter, not used since 1981, restoring NASA’s contact amid communication ...
Voyager 1 Ghosts NASA, Forcing Use of Backup Radio Dormant Since 1981
The spacecraft has inexplicably turned off one of its radio transmitters, likely because of an unidentified onboard issue.
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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 ...
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Aging spacecraft starts up a radio transmitter it hasn’t used since 1981 from 15 billion miles away
Messages are relayed to Voyager from mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, through the agency’s Deep Space Network. The system of radio antennas on Earth ...
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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 ...
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NASA’s Voyager 1: What Triggered The Mysterious Communication Shutdown?
NASA successfully reestablished contact with the Voyager 1 spacecraft on October 24, following a brief communication ...
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Lost for almost 50 years, Nasa reconnects with Voyager 1 spacecraft 15 billion miles away
When the flight team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sends instructions to the spacecraft via the ...