ISEE-3

Astronomy

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.
Astronomy

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.