voyager
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NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Longer
The interstellar traveller is gradually losing power, but a clever tweak means it can continue running all of its scientific instruments.
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It’s Time to Finally Get Our Arse to Uranus
With its strange rings and tilt, surprising seasonal variations, and 27 moons, Uranus is the solar system’s weirdo planet. The enigmatic ice giant has a lot to teach us, which is why astronomers are clamoring for a mission to explore the planet up close.
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NASA’s Orion Poised to Set Milestone Distance Record Today
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission continues to go well, with Orion entering into its target orbit around the Moon on Friday. We’re now into the latter half of the 25.5-day demo mission, and with it comes a watershed moment for the record books.
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NASA Engineers Have Figured Out Why Voyager 1 Was Sending Garbled Data
Earlier this year, the Voyager 1 spacecraft — over 14 billion miles from Earth — started sending NASA some wacky data. Now, engineers with the space agency have identified and solved the issue, and no, it wasn’t aliens.