NASA hears from Voyager 1, after months of quiet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has finally heard back from Voyager 1 again in a way that makes sense.
The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back understandable data last November. Flight controllers traced the blank communication to a bad computer chip and rearranged the spacecraft’s coding to work around the trouble.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California declared success after receiving good engineering updates late last week. The team is still working to restore transmission of the science data.
It takes 22 1/2 hours to send a signal to Voyager 1, more than 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away in interstellar space. The signal travel time is double that for a round trip.
Contact was never lost, rather it was like making a phone call where you can’t hear the person on the other end, a JPL spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Related articles
Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti showcases her jaw
Vittoria Ceretti looked sensational in a slew of snaps from her exotic getaway on Monday. The Italia2024-04-24Sacramento is now a sanctuary city for transgender people
City council votes to make Sacramento safe space for transgenders 02:212024-04-24Meet the 'AIRLINE nepo baby': 23
When your parent works for an airline, jetsetting around the world comes easy, as one self-confessed2024-04-24Trump posts $175 million bond in New York fraud case
Trump posts $175 million bond in New York civil fraud case 04:052024-04-24Supreme Court to decide on Trump federal prosecution immunity
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political2024-04-24Mother's shock after pub she'd visited for eight years cancelled her Sunday meal booking
A mother has spoken of her anger after a pub accepted her booking for a Sunday meal – but then cance2024-04-24
atest comment