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NASA Voyager mission engineers are preparing a software patch that will allow the thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 and 2 interstellar probes to continue operating for another five years, keeping the spacecraft in communications with Earth.Continue Readin… Continue reading NASA tweaks Voyager software to protect thrusters against gunge
It’s not every day that you get to update the firmware on a device that was produced in the 1970s, and rarely is said device well beyond the boundaries of …read more Continue reading NASA JPL’s Voyager Team Is Patching Up Both Voyagers’ Firmware
In a dramatic bit of improvisation, NASA’ Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, has managed to reestablish communications with the Voyager 2 spacecraft 12.3 billion miles (19.9 billion km) from Earth after losing contact on July 21.C… Continue reading “Interstellar shout” reestablishes contact with Voyager 2
NASA has lost contact with its Voyager 2 deep-space probe. On July 21, 2023, Mission Control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) sent a series of commands that “inadvertently” caused the robotic spacecraft to turn its antenna away from Earth.Continu… Continue reading NASA loses contact with Voyager 2 but detects a “heartbeat”
A truly historic Space Age recording is up for auction as the personal copy of the master tapes belonging to Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan for the crafting of the Golden Record that flew on Voyager 1 and 2 goes on the block at Sotheby’s.
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Looking at data from NASA’s Voyager 2 collected during the deep space probe’s flyby of Uranus in January 1980, scientists have concluded that four of the planet’s known 27 moons may have oceans beneath their icy crusts.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, … Continue reading Moons around Uranus may have habitable oceans
The search for extraterrestrial civilizations has gotten a major boost as SETI joins forces with the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) near Socorro, New Mexico.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: SETI, Radio,… Continue reading SETI uses VLA giant radio antennae to seek ETs
Saturn is renowned for its rings, easily visible through an ordinary telescope. Now, using observations collected over 40 years, scientists have discovered that the planet’s iconic rings may not be as calm as they look, uncovering a never-before-seen i… Continue reading 40 years of Saturn data uncovers never-before-seen ring phenomenon
The folks at NASA are taking a well-deserved victory lap this week after the splashy reveal of the first scientific images from the James Webb Space Telescope. As we expected, …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 17, 2022
The tech news channels were recently abuzz with stories about strange signals coming back from Voyager 1. While the usual suspects jumped to the usual conclusions — aliens!! — in …read more Continue reading How is Voyager Still Talking After All These Years?