WASHINGTON – The four instruments on NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft are returning science data for the first time since a computer failure last November, as scientists hope to keep the mission operational for another decade. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced June 13 that the spacecraft’s four instruments, which measure plasma waves, magnetic fields and particles … Read more
Ed Stone, the scientist who spent 50 years leading NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission to the outer planets and led the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when it landed its first rover on Mars, died Tuesday. He was 88. A physicist who started on the ground floor of space exploration, Stone played a leading role in NASA missions … Read more
A pub in Devon has been closed for three days after its owner says he faced “harassment” from someone staying at a Traveler camp. He says the closure has been a financial “disaster” but fears staff and customers could be at risk if it opens. The Maltings Taphouse & Bottle Shop in Newton Abbot has … Read more