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The 2023 error that nearly ended the mission

The 2023 error that nearly ended the mission

For two tense weeks in July 2023, NASA feared humanity’s longest-running spacecraft might be lost forever. When a misdirected command on July 21 caused Voyager 2’s antenna to point just two degrees off target, communication with the most distant probe ever built was instantly severed. More than 12.3 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 2 fell silent. For NASA’s Jet Propulsion …

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Microsoft fixes Windows upgrades failing with 0x8007007F error

Microsoft fixes Windows upgrades failing with 0x8007007F error

Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused Windows upgrades to fail with 0x8007007F errors on some Windows 11 and Windows Server systems. Although this issue impacts both Windows client and server platforms under specific upgrade paths, it will not affect customers attempting to upgrade their devices to Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025, the latest Windows versions. “Starting …

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Japan Says Trump to Correct ‘Extremely Regrettable’ Error in Tariff Order – The New York Times

Japan Says Trump to Correct ‘Extremely Regrettable’ Error in Tariff Order  The New York Times US Confirms It’ll End Tariff Stacking, Cut Car Levy, Japan Says  Bloomberg The United States imposes 15% ‘reciprocal’ tariff on most Japanese goods  The Japan Times Japan says US promises to fix double tariff oversight  Reuters US to correct tariff order and make reimbursements, Japan envoy says  Nikkei Asia Source …

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NASA’s Spirit Rover May Have Been The Victim Of A Physics Error, Study Suggests

NASA’s Spirit Rover May Have Been The Victim Of A Physics Error, Study Suggests

Landing on another body in the Solar System is a tough business. Despite many successful touchdowns throughout history, spacecraft sent to land on the lunar surface still regularly fail in the final moments. Meanwhile on Mars, the Spirit rover sent by NASA became stuck in the planet’s soft sand after its wheels broke through a crust. A new study suggests …

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Launch pad indicator error causes SpaceX, NASA to scrub planned static fire test of a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the Crew-11 launch – Spaceflight Now

Launch pad indicator error causes SpaceX, NASA to scrub planned static fire test of a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the Crew-11 launch – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Crew Dragon Endeavour, is pictured at sunset on Sunday, July 27, 2025. It will launch the Crew-11 mission, which is schedule to liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update July 28, 7:14 p.m. EDT: Added NASA comment regarding aborted static fire. An …

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Scientists hit quantum computer error rate of 0.000015% — a world record achievement that could lead to smaller and faster machines

Scientists hit quantum computer error rate of 0.000015% — a world record achievement that could lead to smaller and faster machines

Scientists have achieved the lowest quantum computing error rate ever recorded — an important step in solving the fundamental challenges on the way to practical, utility-scale quantum computers. In research published June 12 in the journal APS Physical Review Letters, the scientists demonstrated a quantum error rate of 0.000015%, which equates to one error per 6.7 million operations. This achievement …

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Trapped by moon dust: The physics error that fooled NASA for years

Trapped by moon dust: The physics error that fooled NASA for years

When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move its wheels or reverse its course in a delicate, time-consuming effort to free it and continue its exploratory mission. While Spirit remained …

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Marquez error creates German GP sprint epic

Marquez error creates German GP sprint epic

Marc Marquez became a MotoGP race winner again at the Sachsenring in an enthralling 2025 German Grand Prix sprint. It was the first time a MotoGP sprint ended without a Marquez 1-2 in 2025 and for a long time it looked like it’d be Marc’s second sprint defeat of the season – but a remarkable, occasionally reckless comeback meant he …

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