New! HM-17 SWR Meter kit is rugged, requires no power supply, and handles 1W to 1KW(CW) on HF/6M! We looked around for a good, “no-frills”, inexpensive SWR meter and couldn’t find any that were made in the U.S. with the features we wanted (high power handling, accurate, sturdy, tip-resistant, good looking). So we made our…
Voyager 2 Completes Switch to Backup Thruster Set PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Voyager 2 has successfully switched to the backup set of thrusters that controls the roll of the spacecraft. Deep Space Network personnel sent commands to the spacecraft to make the change on Nov. 4 and received confirmation today that the switch has been…
From the Discovery Channel series “Rocket Science”: Alan Bean describes the lightning strike that knocked out power on the second lunar NASA landing mission shortly after launch. (www.foolishearthling.com)