Twisted Sifter on MSN19h
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 ...
CNN on MSN13d
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8d
Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence With NASA via a Radio Transmitter Not Used Since 1981
The farthest spacecraft in the universe went momentarily rogue, but scientists breathed a sigh of relief when it reconnected ...
earth13d
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 ...
Mashable on MSN10d
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 ...
The Debrief9d
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 ...
15 Billion Miles Away, NASA's Voyager 1 Comes Back To Life Using 1981 Tech
Voyager 1 has two radio transmitters. NASA's 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft recently established contact with Earth after a ...
Phys.org on MSN9d
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 ...
The Times of India on MSN12d
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 ...
Digital Trends8d
How the 47-year-old Voyager spacecraft are still exploring space
Having two spacecraft — right there is a redundancy.” Just last month, the Voyager 1 probe experienced a problem with its thrusters that was caused by a clogged fuel tube. The tube should have ...
Knowridge12d
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 ...
CNN13d
Aging spacecraft starts up a radio transmitter it hasn’t used since 1981 from 15 billion miles away
The 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft is back in touch with NASA — but not out of the woods — after a technical issue caused a days-long communications blackout with the historic mission ...