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- Nasa is back in full contact with its lost Voyager 2 probe months earlier than expected, the space agency said. In July a wrong command was made to the spacecraft, sent to explore space in 1977, changing its position and severing contact.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66408851Voyager 2: Nasa fully back in contact with lost space probe - BBC
Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have reached "interstellar space" and each continue their unique journey deeper into the cosmos.
- Voyager 2
On Dec. 10, 2018, the spacecraft joined its twin – Voyager 1...
- Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program. It was launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn and enabled further encounters with the ice giants Uranus and Neptune .
Oct 23, 2024 · Voyager 2 is moving at 34,400 miles per hour—9.6 miles per second. Voyager 1 is heading out above the plane of the solar system into space, while Voyager 2 is heading out below the plane....
Aug 4, 2023 · Nasa is back in full contact with its lost Voyager 2 probe months earlier than expected, the space agency said. In July a wrong command was made to the spacecraft, sent to explore space in 1977...
On Dec. 10, 2018, the spacecraft joined its twin – Voyager 1 – as the only human-made objects to enter the space between the stars. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to study all four of the solar system's giant planets at close range. Voyager 2 discovered a 14th moon at Jupiter.
- United States of America (USA)
- 1,592 pounds (721.9 kilograms)
- Voyager 2
Aug 1, 2023 · Nasa has picked up a "heartbeat" signal from its Voyager 2 probe after it lost contact with it billions of miles away from Earth, the space agency said.
Aug 2, 2023 · NASA said Friday that it lost contact with Voyager 2 on July 21 after "a series of planned commands" inadvertently caused the craft to turn its antenna 2 degrees away from the direction of its ...
