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Unbreakable Voyager space probes close in on a 50 year mission
Dwindling power and problematic communications, but the spacecraft just keeps on going
Science09 Nov 2024 | 66
Space probes
NASA switches off Voyager 2 plasma instrument to stretch out juice
Veteran probe set to score a half-century while still doing science
Science03 Oct 2024 | 31
NASA engineers play space surgeon in bid to unclog Voyager 1's arteries
'Brilliant' team performs electrical balancing act to keep probe pointed at Earth
Science12 Sep 2024 | 56
Voyager 1 makes stellar comeback to science operations
Engineers coax veteran probe back to health
Science14 Jun 2024 | 32
Dr Ed Stone, former director of JPL, Voyager project scientist, dies at 88
Obit A legacy of scientific discovery, inspiration and engagement
Science13 Jun 2024 | 18
Voyager 1 regains sanity after engineers patch around problematic memory
All from billions of miles away
Science23 Apr 2024 | 40
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NASA tries to jog Voyager 1's memory from 15 billion miles away
Since you can't get a soldering iron out there, the fix will be in software
Science15 Apr 2024 | 14
Voyager 1 starts making sense again after months of babble
Veteran spacecraft shows signs of sanity with poke from engineers
Science14 Mar 2024 | 101
Work to resolve binary babble from Voyager 1 is ongoing
You think your latency is bad? How about 45 hours to see if a command worked?
The Reg in Space08 Feb 2024 | 34
Space exploitation vs space exploration: Humanity has much to learn from the Voyager probes
Interview When 'what's the value to the economy?' wasn't front of mind
The Reg in Space01 Feb 2024 | 57
NASA just patched Voyager 2's software but spared Voyager 1 the risky rewrite
The upgrade might not go well, so prioritized the probe doing better science
Science23 Oct 2023 | 60
Hide and seek in outer space highlights a battle here on Earth
Opinion Voyager's mix of tenacity and discovery should worry its science icon competitors
Science07 Aug 2023 | 43
NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2
Updated Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess
Science31 Jul 2023 | 135
NASA tweaks Voyager 2's power supply to avoid another sensor shutdown
By redirecting energy from probe's voltage regulator, NASA buys itself another three years
Science27 Apr 2023 | 54
Voyager mission's project scientist retires after 50 years of service
Thank you, Ed Stone – the only person to ever hold the job
Science26 Oct 2022 | 37
Voyager 1 data corrupted by onboard computer that 'stopped working years ago'
Deeply impressive that NASA engineers fixed telemetry transmit glitch on 1970s probe in the first place
Science31 Aug 2022 | 93
NASA builds for keeps: Voyager mission still going after 45 years
Hopefully these probes won't end up as target practice for some aliens in a few centuries
Science20 Aug 2022 | 126
Chinese boffins suggest launching nuclear Neptune orbiter in 2030
All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there. Use them together, use them in peace
Science29 Jun 2022 | 58
Voyager 1 space probe producing ‘anomalous telemetry data’
Engineers debugging at 160 bits per second, with 41 hours latency
Science19 May 2022 | 117
Earth to Voyager 2: Standby for connection – after we tip this water out of the dish
Video Deep Space Network scope tilts to find its targets, or to dispose of the effects of recent rain
Science31 Jan 2022 | 44
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