Tag Archives: Voyager probes

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 »

See the new ‘golden record’ launched into the ocean world this year

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. When NASA’s Europa Clipper aims to begin its highly anticipated mission to the icy moon in October, the spacecraft will carry a unique design engraved with names, poems and artwork symbolizing humanity. The US space… Read More »

See the new ‘golden record’ launched into the ocean world this year

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. When NASA’s Europa Clipper aims to begin its highly anticipated mission to the icy moon in October, the spacecraft will carry a unique design engraved with names, poems and artwork symbolizing humanity. The US space… Read More »

Voyager 1 stopped communicating with Earth

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft experienced a computer glitch that caused some communications disruption between the 46-year-old probe and the mission team on Earth. Engineers are currently trying to solve this problem as aging spacecraft explore… Read More »

Voyager 1 stopped communicating with Earth due to computer problem

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft experienced a computer glitch that caused some communications disruption between the 46-year-old probe and the mission team on Earth. Engineers are currently trying to solve this problem as aging spacecraft explore… Read More »