Voyager Deep Space Probe

Uranus, Voyager 2

Voyager found a mystery on Uranus. Decades later, NASA solved it.

For decades, the observation has been an enigma. But not anymore. Recent analysis of Voyager's old data found that extreme solar wind — a flow of particles shooting out from the sun — impacted the environs around Uranus and created the abnormal episode.

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Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time

Much of what we understand about Uranus comes from data gathered by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft. Thirty-eight years ago, this probe flew by the ice giant, providing humanity with its first close-up glimpse of the seventh planet from the sun.

The New York Times · 1d

Uranus Might Have Experienced a Freak Event When Voyager 2 Visited

Much of the understanding of the seventh planet comes from a brief flyby nearly 40 years ago, which researchers now say overlapped with an exceptional solar event.

The Register on MSN3d

Unbreakable Voyager space probes close in on a 50 year mission

Launched when Jimmy Carter was President of the United States, the two Voyager spacecraft have endured almost half a century ...

Interesting Engineering on MSN13d

Voyager 1 is alive: NASA spacecraft reawakens 15 billion miles away from Earth

Voyager 1 has been venturing deep into the interstellar space. But recently, this aging spacecraft encountered a silent ...

BBC1y

Voyager 2: Nasa fully back in contact with lost space probe

Voyager project manager Suzanne Dodd told AFP. After communications were lost, the probe had been unable to receive commands or send back data to Nasa's Deep Space Network - an array of giant ...

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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 ...

CNN on MSN11d

Ageing space probe deploys radio transmitter it hasn't used since 1981

Voyager 1 is now using a radio transmitter it hasn't relied on since 1981 to stay in contact with its team on Earth.

Space.com14d

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 ... by a command sent on Oct. 16 from NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) — a global array of giant radio ...

The Times of India on MSN10d

Lost for almost 50 years, Nasa reconnects with Voyager 1 spacecraft 15 billion miles away

When the flight team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sends instructions to the spacecraft via ...

Forbes6mon

NASA Voyager 1 Making Sense Again After Glitch In Interstellar Space

“The two Voyager spacecraft could remain in the range of the Deep Space Network through about 2036, depending on how much power the spacecraft still have to transmit a signal back to Earth ...

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Deep Space Network

We hate to admit it, but whenever we see an article about either Voyager spacecraft ... and the fear was that the Deep Space Network would not be able to find the weak signal.

Yahoo News12d

Decrepit Voyager 1 Probe Runs Into Trouble Again

The Voyager 1 probe refuses to die. But ye olde spacecraft has had some ... which nudged the X-band signal it emits outside the frequency that NASA's system of radio antennas, the Deep Space ...

New Scientist on MSN1d

Our only visit to Uranus came at an unusual time for the planet

Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, giving us our only up-close look at the planet – but unusual space weather just before the craft arrived has given us a misleading idea about the planet’s magnetic fi ...

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