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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 ...
NASA is now talking to Voyager 1 with a radio that hasn’t been used since 1981
Voyager 1 communications have once again hit a snap, with the interstellar probe somehow turning off its main radio ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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NASA Voyager 1 Making Sense Again After Glitch In Interstellar Space
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft—currently cruising in interstellar space—got in touch on April 20 with usable data on its health and status. That’s a triumph after a glitch in November caused ...
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Voyager 1 Issue Tracked Down To Defective Memory Chip
After more than forty-six years all of us are likely to feel the wear of time, and Voyager 1 is no different. Following months of harrowing troubleshooting as the far-flung spacecraft stopped ...
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NASA’s Aging Voyager 1 Experiences Glitch In Interstellar Space
Ones and zeros. That’s the love language of computers. It’s how NASA’s long-lived Voyager 1 spacecraft communicates with its team back on Earth. Voyager 1 is still talking to NASA ...
NASA Engineers Restore Voyager 1 Communications After 15 Billion-Mile Transmission Disruption
NASA restores Voyager 1 contact, addressing transmitter shutdown. Voyager 1's fault protection system triggered communications loss. Engineers work to stabilise Voyager 1 at 15 billion miles from ...
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NASA's Voyager finally phoned home with a device unused since 1981
At 15.4 billion miles away from Earth in interstellar space, Voyager 1 won't last much longer. In fact, NASA's flight engineers may have thought the 47-year-old mission had finally kicked the ...
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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 ...
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Voyager 1 reestablishes communication with Earth using backup transmitter last used in 1981
PASADENA, Calif. – NASA says it has reestablished communication with its Voyager 1 spacecraft after a brief outage from more than 15 billion miles away from Earth. The spacecraft, launched from ...
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Voyager-1’s cosmic comeback! NASA receives faint signal, thanks to 1981’s backup transmitter
Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 was mankind’s first spacecraft to enter the interstellar medium, in 2012, and is currently more than 15 billion miles from Earth. Messages sent from Earth take about ...