Monday, December 4, 2017

NASA communicates with spacecraft 13 billion miles from Earth

For the first time in thirty-seven years, NASA has communicated with the Voyager 1 to activate its back-up thrusters and reorient the spacecraft to better send information back to Earth. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is the only known spacecraft cruising beyond our solar system. Prior to leaving the solar system, Voyager 1 and its sister ship Voyager 2 gathered, then transmitted to Earth, the first detailed data from Jupiter, Saturn and Titan, Saturn's largest moon. NASA's most recent communication...

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