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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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Voyager 1
One of these days, we’ll be forced to write obituaries for the plucky interstellar travelers, but today is not that day, even with news of yet another issue aboard Voyager 1 that threatens its ...
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Voyager 1 Stuck Using Low-Power Radio That Was Dormant for 43 Years
Still, it's worth it to keep these spacecraft operational—they are the only eyes we have outside the solar system. Voyager 1 ...
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NASA's Voyager finally phoned home with a device unused since 1981
NASA's farthest spacecraft, Voyager 1, is running low on power but carries on its journey through interstellar space. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration At 15.4 billion miles away from Earth ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 is now talking to Voyager 1 with a radio that hasn’t been used since 1981
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA can’t catch a break when it comes to Voyager 1, apparently. That’s because the ...
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Voyager 1 Jolts Back to Life After NASA Lost Touch
In a testament to human engineering and perseverance, NASA's legendary Voyager 1 spacecraft has resumed normal operations after a period of communication difficulties that had left mission ...
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Voyager 1 Reconnects With Earth Over Radio Transmitter That Hasn’t Been Used In 47 Years
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The issue emerged when the Voyager 1 flight team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent a command to the probe to turn on one of its heaters.
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Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981
Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to using a backup radio transmitter that has been inactive since 1981. The interstellar explorer experienced a brief pause ...