Voyager 1 Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments - NASA Science
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The spacecraft has resumed gathering information about interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is conducting normal science operations for the first time following a technical issue that arose in November 2023. The team partially resolved the issue in April when they prompted the spacecraft to begin returning engineering data, which includes information about the health […]
  • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Four, it’s practically a one man band! Wasn’t it was out for half a year? I can’t imagine trying to patch something 15 billion miles away

    • Che Banana@beehaw.org
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      8 days ago

      It just took all that time to send the signal to turn off and turn back on again. The junior IT guy who suggested it was promoted.