NASA OKs Citizen Science Attempt to Rescue a Vintage Spacecraft

A hardy little spacecraft is about to come home after an incredibly long journey and an unexpected mission that it had not been built for. As it flies by Earth next month, scientists will have a brief window to attempt to communicate with the vintage NASA craft and put it back to work on its original mission. Because of a tight budget, NASA was unable to muster the resources to make this revival happen. So, a group of citizen scientists stepped forward to take on the challenge.

















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