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NASA makes crucial move to keep its legendary Voyager craft alive

Voyager 1 — launched in 1977 and now over 15.6 billion miles from Earth — started out with 10 science instruments, but now has just three running after NASA turned off another gadget to conserve its finite nuclear fuel supply.

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NASA squeezes more life from 47-year-old Voyager probes

However, NASA isn’t ready to say goodbye just yet, and is taking measures to get as much life out of the pair as possible. On March 5, Voyager mission engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in southern California confirmed they have already turned off Voyager 1’s cosmic ray subsystem experiment.

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NASA tweaks Voyager probes to help them hit a half century of service

A pair of extraordinary space missions that have been headed out of the solar system for almost half a century are getting a new lease on life as NASA engineers order the Voyager 1 and 2 deep-space probes to shut down two instruments to save power.

NASA tracks GPS signals on Moon for 1st time

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NASA uses GPS on the moon for the first time

“On Earth we can use GNSS signals to navigate in everything from smartphones to airplanes,” Kevin Coggins, deputy associate administrator for NASA’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Program, said in a statement. “Now, LuGRE shows us that we can successfully acquire and track GNSS signals at the Moon.”

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Find your way on the moon: GPS signals successfully tracked on the moon

NASA has successfully tracked GPS signals on the Moon for the first time, marking a major breakthrough in lunar navigation. This achievement could revolutionize space travel, enabling precise positioning for future lunar missions and beyond.

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NASA creates history by using GPS on the Moon for the first time ever

The new milestone means NASA’s exploration missions could benefit from these signals to accurately and autonomously determine their position, velocity and time.

Stranded NASA astronauts to finally return to Earth

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NASA’s two stuck astronauts are finally closing in on their return to Earth after 9 months in space

NASA's two stuck astronauts are just a few weeks away from finally returning to Earth after nine months in space.

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We planned for the unexpected, say stranded Nasa astronauts from space station

Two Nasa astronauts stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) since last summer have been giving an update on their return to Earth - watch their news conference back at the top of the page Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore left Earth in June 2024 for an eight-day mission to test Boeing Starliner's capsule But Nasa decided to keep them on the ISS after the capsule suffered technical problems and returned to Earth empty "We came up prepared to stay long,

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Stranded NASA astronauts just one week away from returning to Earth

Two stranded NASA astronauts have spoken about their unexpected nine-month stay in space as they prepare to return to Earth.

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NASA extends missions of 'deep space rock stars'

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have conserved energy supplies on the record-setting Voyager 1 & 2 deep space ...

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NASA delays launch of SPHEREx and PUNCH missions to March 7

The missions' first four delays were to allow for additional time for checkouts and processing on the Falcon 9 rocket they'll ...

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NASA space observatory poised to launch on a mission to map 450 million galaxies

A new NASA space observatory is scheduled to launch into orbit this week on a lofty mission to map more than 450 million ...

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A NASA test just proved GPS signals can be picked up on the moon

NASA and the Italian Space Agency's Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment succeeded in its first attempt to acquire Earth-based navigation signals from the moon on March 3, 2025. Credit: NASA / Dave Ryan ...

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NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power

NASA is switching off two science instruments on its twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Wednesday ...

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Incredible NASA photo captures sound barrier being broken

A newly released image shows the sound barrier being broken on February 10 as Boom Supersonic’s XB-1, America’s first civil ...

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SpaceX, NASA to launch 1st mission to study aurora 'electrojets' in Earth's atmosphere

"EZIE is the first mission dedicated exclusively to studying the electrojets," Larry Kepko, an EZIE mission scientist at NASA ...

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NASA’s James Webb spots mysterious ‘Super Jupiter’ floating in space

The world’s premier space observatory has spotted a mysterious and huge, free-floating planetary-mass object that’s “just 20 ...

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 to explore deep space exercise and health

During NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch in March, select ...

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