After an erroneous command sent the spacecraft’s antenna askew, mission specialists hatched a plan to point it back toward Earth.
Tag: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NASA’s Voyager 2 Is Out of Contact but Not Lost in Space
The aging spacecraft’s antenna was misdirected by a glitch, although officials say the distant probe appears to be functioning as intended.
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The Lunar Codex, a Time Capsule of Human Creativity, Stored in the Sky
The Lunar Codex, an archive of contemporary art, poetry and other cultural artifacts of life on Earth, is headed to the moon.
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Avi Loeb’s Deep Dive for Alien Life Is Making Other Scientists Gasp
The Harvard astrophysicist says that material recovered from the seafloor could be from an extraterrestrial spacecraft. His peers aren’t shy about their skepticism.
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Webb Space Telescope’s Anniversary Image Captures Year of Cosmic Wonder
With a new image, NASA commemorates the first anniversary of doing science with the most powerful observatory ever sent to space.