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9. How in the world?

Sun Feb 9, 2020, 05:02 AM

Feb 2020

Are the batteries still working after this long?

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NASA brings Voyager 2 fully back online, 11.5 billion miles from Earth [View all] Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 2020 OP

Amazing. CentralMass Feb 2020 #1

YEA science RGinNJ Feb 2020 #2

Have a heart! PJMcK Feb 2020 #6

K&R! Excellent news! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2020 #3

That is wonderful news. Dem2theMax Feb 2020 #4

freaking nerds Skittles Feb 2020 #5

Cool. Good to hear. 40some year old technology too. yonder Feb 2020 #7

V'ger! murielm99 Feb 2020 #8

Are we showing our age by knowing this? Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 2020 #14

Yes. murielm99 Feb 2020 #16

LOL! +1 Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 2020 #17

Count me in. She will always be V'ger to me! hedda_foil Feb 2020 #23

How in the world? videohead5 Feb 2020 #9

Plutonium-238 thermoelectric generator. eppur_se_muova Feb 2020 #15

I read that after videohead5 Feb 2020 #19

Fantastic! burrowowl Feb 2020 #10

Incredible! Coventina Feb 2020 #11

Spectacular! kairos12 Feb 2020 #12

I get about 17.14 hours... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #20

Seriously. I thought it would be days. Fla Dem Feb 2020 #21

See the link to DSN, below. Gives you the times and distance in real-time. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2020 #25

How long did it take to get the signal back from Voyager? sakabatou Feb 2020 #22

NASA web site to monitor their progress and signals.... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2020 #24