NASA remotely fixes link with most distant probe, Voyager 1
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Engineers spent months working to repair link with Earth’s most distant spacecraft, says space agencyEarth’s most distant spacecraft, Voyager 1, has started communicating properly again with Nasa after engineers worked for months to remotely fix the 46-year-old probe.Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which makes and operates the agency’s robotic spacecraft, said in December that the probe – more than 15bn miles (24bn kilometres) away – was sending gibberish code back to Earth. Continue...
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NASA resumes communications with Voyager 1 probe after remote fix, 15 billion miles from Earth
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed that Voyager 1 remains in good health. The team has identified the issue affecting the probe's ability to transmit valuable scientific data back to Earth, and engineers are now working to implement the necessary fix to reroute communications "around" the malfunctioning chip foundRead Entire Article
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NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet
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