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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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 ...
Voyager 1 Ghosts NASA, Forcing Use of Backup Radio Dormant Since 1981
The spacecraft has inexplicably turned off one of its radio transmitters, likely because of an unidentified onboard issue.
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NASA beamed back a laser message from half a billion kilometers away 100 times faster than using radio waves
NASA has a new trick up its sleeve for space communication. In July 2024, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) ...
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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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NASA Reveals Plan To Point A Huge Telescope At The Solar Eclipse
Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. NASA has revealed plans for “eclipse radio” science projects to study how the Earth's atmosphere ... [+] reacts to April 8's ...