NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft finally phones home after 5 months of no contact

Watch Rocket Lab launch solar sail tech to orbit today | NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft finally phones home | Watch 4 simultaneous solar flares erupt from the sun Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com |  Web Version April 23, 2024 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad Watch Rocket Lab launch solar sail tech to orbit today (NASA) New NASA solar-sailing technology will make its way to orbit this evening (April 23), if all goes according to plan, and you can watch the action live. Full Story: Space (4/23)  NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft finally phones home (NASA) On Saturday (April 20), Voyager 1 updated ground control about its health status for the first time in 5 months. Full Story: Space (4/22)  Skywatching Watch 4 simultaneous solar flares erupt from the sun (NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / helioviewer.org) The sun put on quite the show this morning (April 23), blasting out not one, not two, but four solar flares in near-perfect harmony. Full Story: Space (4/22)  The Full Pink Moon 2024 blooms in the night sky tonight (Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) Look to the east just after sunset to see the moon begin to cross the sky. Full Story: Space (4/23)  Spaceflight ESA graduates new astronaut class (European Space Agency) Five new European astronauts and the first astronaut from the Australian Space Agency are now ready to "hop" into their first flight assignments, having completed basic training. Full Story: Space (4/23)  Science & Astronomy Pluto's heart-shaped scar and the frozen world's history (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute) Comparable in size to the country of Mexico and dominating one of Pluto's hemispheres, Sputnik Planitia is likely the result of an impact - but few impact craters come in Sputnik Planitia's unique pear-like shape. Full Story: Space (4/23)  Slovenia signs NASA's Artemis Accords for moon exploration (U.S. State Dept.) Slovenia is the third European country to sign the Artemis Accords in a span of five days. Full Story: Space (4/23)  SpaceX SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites on April 23 (SpaceX) SpaceX will send yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites skyward today (April 23), if all goes according to plan. Full Story: Space (4/23)    Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036