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)