On October 18, Voyager 1 missed its scheduled return call. NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) scanned for the signal and eventually ... the casualty was its X-band radio transmitter, the ...

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Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. NASA’s pioneering Voyager 1 spacecraft is adventuring beyond our solar system ...