International Cometary Explorer

International Cometary Explorer

A satellite named International Cometary Explorer launched in 1978 and thought to be shut down in 1997, was actually discovered in 2008 to still be fully operational with plenty of fuel. Through efforts of crowdfunding and approval from NASA, a group successfully established contact and fired the engines for the first time since 1987.

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