Crowdfunding push to bring 36-year old spacecraft out of retirement, Gizmag “Putting classic cars on the road or classic boats on the water isn’t that odd, but what about putting a classic…
Category: The ISEE-3 Reboot Project
Hack a Day Covers ISEE-3 Reboot Project
ISEE-3 Dream Team Needs Your Help, Hack a Day “The mission to save ISEE-3 has is underway. The ISEE-3 Reboot Project has posted a crowdfunding campaign on Rockethub. When we first covered…
ISEE-3 Reboot Project In The News
These 2 guys are trying to salvage a 35-year-old spacecraft … and you can help, Blastr “The International Sun/Earth Explorer 3 probe was originally launched in 1978, and in the decades since…
ISEE-3 Reboot Project Has Been Slashdotted
Group Wants To Recover 36-Year-Old Historic Spacecraft From Deep Space, Slashdot “A band of space hackers and engineers are trying to do something never done before — recover a 36 year old…
Engadget Features ISEE-3 Reboot Project
Crowdfunding project aims to bring a forgotten space probe back to life, Engadget “Good news is, the team is led by Dennis Wingo and Keith Cowing, who have some serious credentials under…
Unique Broadband Systems Ltd. Provides Powerful Transmitter
Unique Broadband Systems Ltd. has agreed to loan our project a 700 watt transmitter. This hardware normally lists for over $200,000. Â Use of this equipment by the ISEE-3 Reboot Project marks a…
Make: ISEE-3 Shout Out
Crowdfunding the recovery of a lost spacecraft, Make: Magazine “The hackers behind the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project have moved on to a different challenge. Not content with images, this time they…
Video: ISEE-3 Reboot Trajectory
Animation by Mike Loucks at Space Exploration Engineering
How to Resurrect a 35-Year-Old Spacecraft
How to Resurrect a 35-Year-Old Spacecraft, Popular Mechanics “Wingo and Cowing started a RocketHub crowdfunding effort to raise $125,000 for the mission. They’ve also been hunting for the right parts to get…
Arecibo Detects ISEE-3 Again
Our friends at the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center at Arecibo have detected signals from both of ISEE-3’s transmitters again on 14 April. Here are detailed plots of what they heard. More…
Working With NASA on Space Act Agreement
The ISEE-3 Reboot Project is currently working with NASA on a Space Act Agreement regarding contacting and commanding the ISEE-3 spacecraft. We hope to have the agreement signed very soon.
Screen Captures Of Today's ISEE-3 Listening at Morehead State University
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