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Tag Archives: Voyager
This has the earmarks of the beginning of a great SCI-FI piece…
This has the earmarks of the beginning of a great SCI-FI piece… Voyager 1, we read you! ? A historic first, NASA’s Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) arrayed all six antennas to receive data from @NASAVoyager earlier this year. … Continue reading
So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!
A while back in 2023, Voyager 1, which set out in 1977 to fly by the outer planets and then head off into the void, stopped sending usable data. I did a News Of The Church podcast about that. HERE … Continue reading
Miscellaneous observations
A few interesting stories… First, call about a long distance call. HERE In 1977 Voyager 1 was sent to the outer edge of the solar system. In November, NASA wanted try to extend the probe’s life by doing a course … Continue reading
Posted in Ham Radio, Just Too Cool, Liberals, Look! Up in the sky!, Random Thoughts, You must be joking!
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Just Too Cool! Voyager fires its thrusters for the first time in 37 years.
Recently I re-watched the movie The Martian, which is also a novel. [US HERE – UK HERE I understand that the author has a new book out.] I find it inspiring. We encounter challenges. We work the problems. We face … Continue reading
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25 years ago, from 4 billion miles away… a glimpse of your planet
From APOD comes this marvelous image: Explanation: On another Valentine’s Day 25 years ago, cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft looked back one last time to make this first ever Solar System family portrait. The … Continue reading
Voyager I finally reaches interstellar space!
Voyager I was launched in 1977. It has finally let your solar system and entered interstellar space. Click HERE for youtube videos of the songs on the “Golden Record”. Very cool. [display_podcast] Will little Voyager eventually achieve consciousness and return … Continue reading
Happy Birthday VOYAGER!
From NASA (and remember that Pres. Obama has killed the manned space program… just another reason to vote against him): August 20, 2012 Thirty-five years ago today, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, the first Voyager spacecraft to launch, departed on a … Continue reading
