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Dr. Robert W. Farquhar<\/a>\u00a0led the effort in the early 1980s to re-direct the\u00a0International Sun-Earth Explorers (ISSE)<\/a> spacecraft from its solar science mission to a rendezvous with\u00a0Comet Giacobini-Zinner. Here is an interesting story about his new effort to reawaken the spacecraft and direct it back to its original orbital location so that it can resume its space weather studies:\u00a0Space Thief Or Hero? One Man’s Quest To Reawaken An Old Friend – NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Robert W. Farquhar\u00a0led the effort in the early 1980s to re-direct the\u00a0International Sun-Earth Explorers (ISSE) spacecraft from its solar science mission to a rendezvous with\u00a0Comet Giacobini-Zinner. Here is an interesting story about his new effort to reawaken the spacecraft and direct it back to its original orbital location so that it can resume its … Continue reading Reawakening and returning a 36 year old spacecraft to its original mission<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1Oq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7017,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7017","url_meta":{"origin":6970,"position":0},"title":"ICE\/ISEE-3 spacecraft signals picked up by amateur space radio buffs","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I posted earlier about attempts to reawaken the 36 year old ISEE-3 spacecraft and return it to useful science work. \u00a0Emily Lakdawalla\u00a0writes that amateur space radio enthusiasts have actually been able to receive its signals:\u00a0ICE\/ISEE-3 update: Amateurs detect its signal while professionals study contacting it - The Planetary Society. 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