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NASA’s cosmic ‘nudge’ gets surprising response from Voyager 1

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Engineers sent a “nudge” to the Voyager 1 probe and received a potentially encouraging response as they hoped to solve a five-month-old communications problem on the aging spacecraft. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and its… Read More »

NASA hopes to get the Voyager spacecraft to its 50th anniversary with smart engineering and tough choices

NASA’s Voyager spacecraft are the furthest human-made objects from Earth.NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 are the only human-made objects to reach interstellar space. The two probes were launched in 1977 and may soon lose communication with Earth. NASA hopes to stay in touch with the probes at least until the 50th anniversary in 2027.… Read More »