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Saw what you want about the wisdom of keeping a 50-year-old space mission going, but the dozen or so people still tasked with keeping the Voyager mission running are some …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 18, 2025
With 2024 now officially in the history books, it’s time to take our traditional look back and reflect on some of the top trends and stories from the past twelve …read more Continue reading 2024: As The Hardware World Turns
After almost five decades sailing through space, NASA is trying to squeeze a few more years out of the venerable Voyager 1 deep space probe by swapping a wonky thruster system for a disused secondary one to ensure the craft can keep its radio antenna p… Continue reading NASA coaxes Voyager 1’s thrusters back to life
After 47 years it’s little wonder that the hydrazine-powered thrusters of the Voyager 1, used to orient the spacecraft in such a way that its 3.7 meter (12 foot) diameter …read more Continue reading Voyager 1 Completes Tricky Thruster Reconfiguration
As humanity’s furthest reach into the Universe so far, the two Voyager spacecraft’s well-being is of utmost importance to many. Although we know that there will be an end to …read more Continue reading Voyager 1 Once Again Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments
Our own Dan Maloney has been on a Voyager kick for the past couple of years. Voyager, the space probe. As a long-term project, he has been trying to figure …read more Continue reading Institutional Memory, On Paper
In what is probably the longest-distance tech support operation in history, the Voyager mission team succeeded in hacking their way around some defective memory and convincing their space probe to …read more Continue reading Welcome Back, Voyager
One of the two oldest, active spacecraft has a new lease on life, with NASA getting the 47-year-old Voyager 1 deep space probe to send back engineering data for the first time since November 14. Until now, all the craft could return was gibberish.Conti… Continue reading NASA just hacked a 1977 computer on a spacecraft way out past Pluto
After many tense months, it seems that thanks to a gaggle of brilliant engineering talent and a lucky break the Voyager 1 spacecraft is once more back in action. Confirmation …read more Continue reading NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
NASA engineers have narrowed down the problem with the Voyager 1 deep space probe to a single faulty chip. It may now be possible to work around the corrupted memory and return the 47-year old interstellar spacecraft to an operational condition.Continu… Continue reading Faulty chip may be clue to Voyager 1 computer fix