voyager
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NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Briefly Reconnects, Keeping Hope Alive for the Historic Mission
The Voyager 1 spacecraft sent a new signal that contains valuable data, which may save the aging probe. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are currently looking for discrepancies in the message in order to find out why the spacecraft—the farthest piece of human technology from Earth—has been speaking gibberish for the past few months.…
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Star Trek: Voyager’s Cast Is Still Split Over ‘Tuvix,’ Nearly 30 Years Later
In a few months, one of the most infamous episodes of Star Trek ever made will turn 28, a title that manages to whip Trekkies up into a frenzy worthy of a courtroom drama in just a single portmanteau: “Tuvix.” Perhaps one of the most stinging indictments of Voyager’s episodic nature, there’s good reasons it’s…
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Voyager Space and Airbus to Collaborate on Commercial Successor to the ISS
Colorado-based company Voyager Space is collaborating with Europe’s Airbus to build a commercial space station in low Earth orbit that will succeed the International Space Station (ISS) following its retirement. The two companies announced on Wednesday that they were furthering their partnership on the space station and will now work together to develop, build, and…
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NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Longer
The interstellar traveller is gradually losing power, but a clever tweak means it can continue running all of its scientific instruments.