Category: Space News

Note 130 Apollo Mission Samples Reveal The Moon Is More Ancient Than We Thought

The Moon’s crater-covered countenance was previously thought to be a youthful 4.42 billion years old, give or take about 10 million years. But now, samples of crystals taken from the rocky satellite half a century ago indicate that the Moon is about 40 million years older than we knew.

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Note 129 NASA Wants The Voyagers To Age Gracefully, So It’s Time For A Software Patch

Forty-six years in deep space have taken their toll on NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft. Their antiquated computers sometimes do puzzling things, their thrusters are wearing out, and their fuel lines are becoming clogged. Around half of their science instruments no longer return data, and their power levels are declining.

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https://arstechnica.com/?p=1977686

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