A Happy Dance for ISEE-3 First Contact, io9
“What happens when you successfully gain control of an abandoned spacecraft after decades? Disbelief, a happy dance, and hugs, of course. The unedited video of the moment the engineering team realizes the craft is doing what they want is totally cute, even if the sound quality makes me want to apply a bandpass filter.”
Success! Private Group Makes Contact with 36-Year-Old NASA Spacecraft
“Luckily for the group, their preparation worked: first contact went off without a hitch, with the spacecraft responding to a tone exactly as expected. “I’m doing my happy dance,” Cowing said.”