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ISEE-3

ISEE-3 Update

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
August 11, 2014
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Civilians steer NASA satellite from an old McDonald’s, Cnet
“I hadn’t been aware that, if you ask NASA nicely, you’ll be allowed to take the controls of a satellite floating in outer space. Clearly, I need to get out more, as this is what a group of very interested civilians are doing from their headquarters in a McDonald’s.”
ISEE-3 Becomes A Spacecraft For All In Today’s Lunar Flyby, io9
“Our plucky crowdfunded spacecraft has been getting into all sorts of productive mischief, from detecting a solar burst to worming its way into Google Chrome’s interactive heart. Today ISEE-3 will be making its closest approach to the moon, and you can watch live with commentary from the project experts.”
Rudderless Craft to Get Glimpse of Home Before Sinking Into Space’s Depths, NY Times
“Dr. Coplan had largely forgotten about the experiment after they received the last data in the late 1980s. This year, to clear space in a laboratory he would be sharing with another scientist, he threw out his ISEE-3 data notebooks. Then, in June, one of his former students heard about the reboot project and told Dr. Coplan, who went to the waste bin and found the notebooks. “That sat around for a while, fortunately,” he said.”

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2 responses to “ISEE-3 Update”

  1. Steven Martin says:
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    A wonderful, admirable effort. I say that McDonald’s should become a national historical site… all because of your great work.