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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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