ISEE-3

Space

ISEE-3 makes lunar flyby, heads back into deep space

A chapter of space history closed today as an ambitious project to bring a 36-year old spacecraft back to life came to an end. Despite efforts by the ISEE-3 Reboot Project to restart the ISEE-3’s propulsion system, the unmanned probe has now been hurled back into deep space after a lunar flyby.

The ISEE-3 Reboot Project was unable to successfully file the craft's engine (Image: NASA)

Space

Engine failure foils ISEE-3 recovery effort

The private effort to recover the 35-year old ISEE-3 spacecraft has ended in apparent failure. The engines failed to fire properly to make the planned course correction and the craft will head back into deep space.

Space

Private group re-establishes contact with ISEE-3 comet probe

Using the Arecibo Radio Observatory in Puerto Rico, the ISEE-3 Reboot Project has re-established contact with the mothballed ISEE-3 space probe.

Artist's impression of ISEE-3 on a lunar flyby (Image: NASA)

Space

Crowdfunding push to bring 36-year old spacecraft out of retirement

The ISEE-3 Reboot Project is a crowdfunding effort aimed at reactivating the comet-chasing space probe ISEE-3 launched in the 1970s.