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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...

Space IT support: After months of doubts, uncertainties, and somber predictions, NASA was finally able to establish communication with Voyager 1's flight system and assess its status. 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 found through "inventive sleuthing." The FDS, one of Voyager's three onboard "computers," is responsible for packaging scientific and engineering data before transmitting it back to Earth via NASA's Deep Space Network ground receivers.

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