Month: May 2014
We Are Now Capable Of Making First Contact
We have had the ability to contact the ISEE-3 spacecraft since last Friday. All hardware is in place at Arecibo and has been tested end-to-end. We are now awaiting authorization to proceed…
ISEE-3 Reboot Project: Updates From the Front at Arecibo by Dennis Wingo
Sunday May 25 2014 We have had a very active week since we arrived and got started work. We arrived on Saturday the 17th and checked into the visiting scientists quarters near…
Bringing a Spacecraft Back from the Dead
University of Arizona engineering student Jacob Gold is writing computer code that will help make contact with the spacecraft. More than 25 years ago, an abandoned NASA spacecraft fulfilled its mission, fell…
ISEE-3 Reboot Project In The News
NASA to space nerds: you may now drive this space probe, BoingBoing The space nerd coalition is raising funds to pull it off, and you can contribute here: “ISEE-3 Reboot Project by…
BBC World Service: "Civilians to Take Control of Space Probe"
Have you ever forgotten to turn the lights off? I’m sure we all have! But have you ever forgotten to turn a spacecraft off? I’m guessing the answer’s no… well that’s exactly…
ISEE-3 Reboot Project Completes Crowdfunding Drive
Dear ISEE-3 Reboot Project Supporters: In case you did not hear, we completed our ISEE-3 Reboot Project crowd funding effort on RocketHub yesterday. Our initial goal was $125,000. We passed that and…
ISEE-3 Reboot Amplifier Installed at Arecibo
We installed and tested our amplifier at Arecibo today. Click on imge to enlarge. Lifting the power amplifier. Installing the power amplifier on a table Securing the power amplifier on the table…
ISEE-3 Reboot Project In The News
Crowd-funded “citizen scientists” will try to reboot 1970s NASA satellite, CBS Asked if the goal was to resume science or just prove that it could be done, Cowing said “it’s both.” “Why…