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Kurth Ecstatic About Re-establishment of Voyager Communications

Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Voyager was operational again after receiving history’s most impressive and long-distance software patch. After falling silent in November, the Voyager spacecraft is operational again after receiving history’s most impressive and long-distance software patch. Bill Kurth, Research Scientist at the University of Iowa who has been a member of the Voyager science team since 1974, said “We were all ecstatic to re-establish two-way communications with Voyager 1.”

Radio Iowa: Kurth Thrilled NASA Regains Link with Voyager

Thursday, April 25, 2024
Dr. Bill Kurth, a research scientist in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa is delighted NASA engineers were able to reestablish communication with the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which has flown further into space than any human-made object.

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Operator Theory Seminar - Mathew Aibinu, PhD; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 1:30pm to 2:30pm
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On Results of Fixed Point Theory of Monotone Operators and Applications
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