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NASA picks up ‘heartbeat’ from the Voyager 2 spacecraft

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[ad_1] NASA has received a signal from the Voyager 2 spacecraft that it accidentally lost contact with on July 21. Communications with the famous spacecraft, which launched in 1977 and is currently around 12.4 billion miles (19.9 billion kilometers) from Earth, were cut after NASA “inadvertently” sent it a command that caused its antenna to … Read more

NASA accidentally loses contact with legendary Voyager 2

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[ad_1] An artist’s concept of the Voyager 2 spacecraft NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA has lost contact with the legendary Voyager 2 spacecraft after “inadvertently” sending it a command that caused the antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth. The error means that Voyager 2, which launched in 1977 and is currently around 12.4 billion miles (19.9 … Read more