University Of Iowa Scientific Equipment Still Sending Back Data From 15-Billion Miles Away In Space

By Mandy Billings Nov 10, 2024 | 4:29 AM

(Iowa City, IA) — A piece of scientific equipment made at the University of Iowa is still sending back data from the Voyager spacecrafts, 15-Billion miles away, at the edge of the solar system.

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Dr. Willam Kurth, University of Iowa. He worked with the team that put the equipment on the two Voyager spacecrafts 47 years ago, when he was a grad student. It sends information about electromagnetic waves back to earth, and is credited with discovering lightning on other planets.

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