Astronomy / Space Trying to recapture an old NASA probe...

[Cody]

An interesting article about the International Sun/Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3) probe.

 

[Yaffle]

Good find, interesting stuff. Orbital mechanics of the insane variety too.

 

[Rog]

Now that is teaching an old dog new tricks.

Just goes to show old hardware can still be useful.

 

[Cody]

Orbital mechanics of the insane variety too.

Yeah! I once had my maths teacher in fits of laughter when I told her I wanted to study orbital mechanics.

 

[Cody]

Looks like they've made contact, and are now working to try and fire the engines for a TCM later this month.