Voyager 2: NASA restores contact with spacecraft
07 August 2023 |
5:50 am
NASA scientists are breathing a sigh of relief as data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft is again being received. The long-range one-way probe launched in 1977 and is far beyond our solar system, some 12 billion miles away.
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