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NASA’s Voyager 1 Successfully Revives Antique Transmitter Last Used in 1981 to Prolong its Historic Mission
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is reviving technology abandoned four decades ago to help keep its groundbreaking space ...
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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 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
Voyager 1 is speeding away from the solar system at over 38,000 mph and is the farthest human-made object from Earth. Credit: ...
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Voyager 1 is forced to rely on its low power radio
Voyager 1 was launched waaaaaay back in 1977. I would have been 4 years old then! It’s an incredible achievement that ...
Voyager 1 ‘phones home’ after 43 years using 1981 tech across 15 billion miles
NASA engineers are investigating the cause of the fault protection system activation before reverting to the primary X-band ...
Blue Origin hauls massive New Glenn 1st stage to launch site with hot fire up next
Blue Origin hauled the immense first stage booster for its upcoming debut launch of its New Glenn rocket to Cape Canaveral ...
Decrepit Voyager 1 Probe Runs Into Trouble Again
Radio Silence The Voyager 1 probe just refuses to die. But ye olde spacecraft has had some scares during its 47 year journey and counting, and NASA engineers are constantly checking in to make sure it ...
Voyager 1 reestablishes communication with Earth using backup transmitter last used in 1981
NASA has successfully reconnected with the Voyager 1 spacecraft after a brief interruption in communications. The spacecraft is now using a transmitter that has not been used for communications since ...
NASA Revives Voyager 1: Decades-Old Spacecraft Reconnects After Years Of Silence In The Void
NASA has reconnected with Voyager 1, the 47-year-old spacecraft, after years of silence. The spacecraft had shut down one of ...
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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 ...
NASA hears from spacecraft 15 billion miles from Earth on radio not used since 1981
Voyagers 1 and 2 have been flying for more than 47 years and are the only two spacecraft to operate in interstellar space ...