Voyager
NASA’s Voyager 1 Space Probe From the ’70s Troubled by Mysterious Glitch
NASA’s 45-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft, a marvel, is cruising along outside our solar system and still staying in touch with Earth. But it’s presented its team with what NASA is calling a “mystery.” It’s operating normally but sending back some weird telemetry data. The issue likely traces to Voyager 1’s attitude articulation and control system (AACS), …
The Voyager 1 space probe appears to be confused about its location
Voyager 1 — one of two space probes NASA launched in 1977 to study Jupiter, Saturn and their respective moons — is sending confusing data back to Earth, according to the space agency. The spacecraft’s control system regularly sends telemetry data back to NASA that indicates its location. But Voyager 1’s engineering team has recently been puzzled …
When Neptune got its stunning close-up: The Voyager 2 flyby, 30 years later
And the end of Voyager 2’s planetary tour on August 25, 1989, concluded with a dazzling display of Neptune and it’s moon, Triton. The images and scientific data returned by Voyager 2 would change our understanding of the solar system. Voyager 2 is still the only spacecraft to visit the outer planets of Neptune and …