NASA BRINGS VOYAGER 2 FULLY BACK ONLINE, 11.5 BILLION MILES FROM EARTH

[Jagerbomb52]

Pretty cool, I wonder if it has RTH ?

NASA brings Voyager 2 fully back online, 11.5 billion miles from Earth

Thanks to some (very) remote engineering work by NASA, the intrepid explorer's science mission is back on.

www.inverse.com

 

[Ansia]

Pretty cool, I wonder if it has RTH ?

NASA brings Voyager 2 fully back online, 11.5 billion miles from Earth

Thanks to some (very) remote engineering work by NASA, the intrepid explorer's science mission is back on.

www.inverse.com

No, but has a record with cool music.

 

[Catweazle]

Tried to get the EVO up there to do a couple of orbits round it. My Open Sky app said nope!

 

[HiloHawaiian]

Geeeez, I remember when they launched. I think (?) they were the 1st spacecraft w/plutonium reactors (due to the length of the missions). If the launch went bad, it posed a huge radiation issue. The quarantined launch viewing area was much, much bigger, and 100’s of fingers & toes were crossed at NASA & USAF...

The reactors are down to 60% capacity, so Voyager’s got some life left if they manage the power carefully. It’s hard to believe a command takes 17 hrs to reach it!

 

[rkyleh]

Yes and we all jump up and down like a bunch of kids when we get a signal from 2 miles. Although I never fly that far.

 

[DonJuan.]

Yes and we all jump up and down like a bunch of kids when we get a signal from 2 miles. Although I never fly that far.

Lmbo,for Real.

 

[Catweazle]

Houston was getting a signal in June 69 as they landed on the moon. I break into a sweat when i see the weak signal message at the one mile point.?

 

[CactusJackSlade]

How did they get that through the earth's "dome" (Flat Earther joke) ;-)

 

[butch]

How did they get that through the earth's "dome" (Flat Earther joke) ;-)

Maybe they don't use wifi......