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NASA's interstellar Voyager probes get software updates beamed from 12 billion miles away (www.space.com)

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NASA's interstellar Voyager probes get software updates beamed from 12 billion miles away::A few updates to the two Voyager spacecraft should extend the space explorers' lives so they can continue adventuring in the cosmos.

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[-] anubis119@lemmy.world 52 points 8 months ago

It's mind blowing that we launched something over 45 years ago and it hasn't traveled one light day yet.

[-] Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

Hopefully soon we will have a chance to witness something that does. Those laser sailing satellites should be able to do the trick.

[-] palitu@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Cool. 4in sail, expected them to be bigger!

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