Keith Cowing and the ISEE-3 Rebooters

They have generated excitement, enthusiasm and support throughout the world. The ISEE-3 Reboot Project has succeeded in gaining control over the 36-year old spacecraft, but will they be able to move it? Emily Lakdawalla returns with comet news and her very own asteroid. Bill Nye gets us from the Pacific Ocean to the edge of the solar system. Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan explain why pieces of a space station shared the stage with Miss Universe.

Related Links:

• The ISEE-3 Reboot Project
• Keith Cowing’s New York Times Op-Ed
• After Decades of Silence, Vintage Spacecraft Says Hello
• Quick Rosetta Update
• I've Been Asteroided! (274860) Emilylakdawalla

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This week's question:

On Apollo 11, what was used to make a broken circuit breaker work on the Lunar Module so that it could leave the moon?

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What is the approximate area of the LightSail sails?

Answer:

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Question from the week before:

On what highly-publicized, international stage were parts of Skylab displayed?

Answer:

The Skylab debris was displayed on stage at the 1979 Miss Universe contest in Perth, Australia.