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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 ...
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Aging Voyager 1 Restarts a Radio it Hasn’t Used Since 1981–Prompted from 15 Billion Miles Away
Facing one obstacle after another, the operators of NASA’s Voyager 1 probe continue to find creative solutions to keep the ...
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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 ...
NASA’s Voyager 1 jumpstarts radio transmitter unused since 1981 to ‘phone home’ from 15.4 billion miles into space
The 47-year-old NASA Voyager 1 fell back on a radio transmitter it hadn’t used since 1981 to ping home base after a technical ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Voyager 1 forced to turn to vintage transmitter to call home from 15 billion miles away
Launched in 1977 and now more than 15 billion miles from Earth, NASA’s Voyager 1 recently encountered an operational issue ...
How the 47-year-old Voyager spacecraft are still exploring space
The Voyager 1 and 2 probes have been on a remarkable journey. Since their launch in 1977, they have traveled through the solar system, past several of the outer planets, and headed out beyond the ...
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Voyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981
NASA lost contact with the interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft for nearly a week after a technical glitch shut off the probe's ...
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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 ...
Looking Beyond Voyager 1 And 2
NASA has explored the space beyond Earth and our solar system with spacecraft like Voyagers 1 and 2, and how we’ve discovered ...
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 ...