ISEE-3 Reboot Project - Reviving a Decommissioned Satellite
![The International Sun Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) is launched on August 12, 1978, a joint effort between NASA and the European Space Agency. (NASA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/6C51E153-AE43-4913-8160-21D4E8C504EF_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The International Sun Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) is launched on August 12, 1978, a joint effort between NASA and the European Space Agency. (NASA)
![ISEE-3 as it is readied for its mission. (Ed Grebenstein)](https://gdb.voanews.com/AB2CF479-7470-47BE-8014-A797EC779F14_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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ISEE-3 as it is readied for its mission. (Ed Grebenstein)
![ISEE-3 in the test chamber at Cape Canaveral, Florida where the craft was launched in 1978. (Ed Grebenstein)](https://gdb.voanews.com/DC8E3B7A-18DC-472C-AD21-0660AAD77EB7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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ISEE-3 in the test chamber at Cape Canaveral, Florida where the craft was launched in 1978. (Ed Grebenstein)
![Control room at a shuttered McDonald's at NASA Ames in Mountain View, California dubbed “McMoons.” (ISEE-3 Reboot Project)](https://gdb.voanews.com/26F1890B-1C0A-4CAF-9FC1-CDDE7D0FD42E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Control room at a shuttered McDonald's at NASA Ames in Mountain View, California dubbed “McMoons.” (ISEE-3 Reboot Project)