Nasa’s Voyager 1 breaks days of silence using device forgotten since 1981
04 Nov
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Nasa’s Voyager 1 breaks days of silence using device forgotten since 1981

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NASA Space Technology Nasa's Voyager spacecraft in space is shown in this artist's rendering obtained from Nasa in Washington, DC, US, December 10, 2018. ReutersAt 15.4 billion miles away from Earth, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) Voyager 1 spacecraft, which faces an uncertain future, fell silent recently leaving scientists unoptimistic about ever hearing back from it.However, the spacecraft did something that no one expected.The 47-year-old probe, which is one of the only spacecrafts ever to reach in interstellar space, was expected to maintain communication with mission control.But the spacecraft experienced a major setback when it plugged into its fault protection system after receiving a...
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NASA’s Voyager 1 jumpstarts radio transmitter unused since 1981 to ‘phone home’ from 15.4 billion miles into space
04 Nov
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NASA’s Voyager 1 jumpstarts radio transmitter unused since 1981 to ‘phone home’ from 15.4 billion miles into space

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NASA Space Technology 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 issue caused a days-long communication stall between Earth and the farthest-ever recorded spacecraft. The Voyager has been floating further and further away since its historic launch in 1977 and along with its twin craft, the Voyager 2, the pair are the only two spacecraft to operate in interstellar space, the region between stars. Together, the pair have explored Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and 48 of their moons and even carry a message from Earth on a phonograph record should they encounter any form of life in distant space, according to NASA. The Voyager 1 is the farthest spacecraft from Earth, extending far beyond even Pluto’s orbit...
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NASA’s New Edition of Graphic Novel Features Europa Clipper
04 Nov
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NASA’s New Edition of Graphic Novel Features Europa Clipper

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NASA Space Technology To celebrate the successful launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, the agency’s Astrobiology program has released a new edition of Issue #4 – Missions to the Outer Solar System – of its graphic history series Astrobiology: The Story of our Search for Life in the Universe.Issue #4 tells the story of the outer solar system, from beyond the asteroid belt to the outer reaches of the Sun's magnetic influence. Gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn are not habitable, but many of their moons raise questions about life’s potential far, far away from the warmth of the Sun.One such body is Jupiter’s moon Europa, which contains an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface. The Europa Clipper mission is designed to help scientists understand whether this ocean holds key ingredients that could...
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NASA’s next-generation Nancy Roman Space Telescope aces crucial ‘spin test’
20 Oct
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NASA’s next-generation Nancy Roman Space Telescope aces crucial ‘spin test’

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NASA Space Technology This structure, called the Outer Barrel Assembly, will surround and protect NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from stray light that could interfere with its observations. In this photo, engineers prepare the assembly for testing.(Image credit: NASA/Chris Gunn)NASA recently put a crucial part of the Roman Space Telescope — the Outer Barrel Assembly — through a rigorous "spin test" designed to evaluate its resilience against the intense gravitational forces it will encounter during launch. This test, a standard procedure in aerospace engineering, typically takes place inside a massive centrifuge that mimics the elevated gravity conditions of a space mission.There is much anticipation around this next-generation telescope, which was named after Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first chief astronomer and "mother of the Hubble Space Telescope." It will have a field of view 100...
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