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NASA Engineers Activate Thrusters On Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Extending Its Mission Further Beyond Our Solar System
When it comes to exploring space, few things have done it better or longer than the Voyager 1 spacecraft, and it isn’t done ...
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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 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 ...
Mashable on MSN11d
NASA's Voyager finally phoned home with a device unused since 1981
In August 2012, Voyager 1 made history as it entered interstellar space, the region between stars, filled with material ...
ScienceAlert on MSN5mon
Voyager 1 Is Back! Legendary Probe Makes Contact From Interstellar Space
At its current speed, experts at NASA predict Voyager 1 will take three centuries to reach the Oort cloud. To get to the ...
GoodNewsNetwork7d
Aging Voyager 1 Restarts a Radio it Hasn’t Used Since 1981–Prompted from 15 Billion Miles Away
Recently, a days-long communication blackout was triggered after a radio command sent by Earth to turn on the probe's heaters ...
The Register on MSN6d
Unbreakable Voyager space probes close in on a 50 year mission
Launched when Jimmy Carter was President of the United States, the two Voyager spacecraft have endured almost half a century ...
Newsweek23d
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 all odds, they're still going. Their journeys have been nothing short ...
Space on MSN15d
Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981
Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to using a backup radio transmitter that has been ...
The Debrief10d
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 ...