Keith’s note: according to NASA JPL: “Engineers at NASAâs Jet Propulsion Laboratory have successfully freed up power on Voyager 2, extending how long the spacecraft can continue to do science. […]
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NASA Has Active Interstellar Missions. Who Knew.
Keith’s note: A preprint was posted on Wednesday 3 Dec 2025 titled “Voyager 1 Data Reveals Signatures of the Local Gas and Cosmic-Ray Source Distributions“ which refers to “recent Voyager […]
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Going Interstellar
Keith’s note: I was only at NASA a short time in 1987 and was put on the Voyager Neptune âinterstellar missionâ status report distribution list (L). How cool. Nearly 40 […]
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NASA Is The Only Agency To Sail Between The Stars
Keith’s note: We are the first nation to sail between the stars. America is already “Great in Space”. Lets make it – make NASA – even greater – not weaker.
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An Interstellar Comet Is Moving Through Our Star System
Keith’s note: according to NASA: “On July 1, the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations of a comet that originated […]
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NASA Is Ending Interstellar Exploration – Just As It Began
Keith’s note: Those of you in the space community know that NASA Science is facing an immense budget cut. Dozens of missions have been cancelled and many missions that are […]
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That Time A President Sent A Message To The Stars
Keith’s note: NASA just turned 66. Jimmy Carter just turned 100. Too bad NASA does not remember its own past – a past currently being sent to the stars.
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Interstellar +9
Keith’s note: Nine years ago – on 7 November 2014 – I had a chance to visit a large scale model of the “Ranger” Spacecraft used in the filming of […]
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Sometimes NASA Learns From Science Fiction Movies (Correction)
Keith’s note: I got this response from NASA GSFC PAO with regard to my initial posting last night. This is what happens when a biologist (me) thinks they are a […]
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Becoming Interstellar – a Review of "The Farthest: Voyager In Space"
Review of “The Farthest: Voyager In Space” – Becoming Interstellar “In 1977 the twin Voyager spacecraft left planet Earth bound for the outer reaches of our solar system – and […]