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So, @essentialsaltes posted a few months ago how the Voyager 1 probe had a computer issue. Now, that issue has been fixed. Seems that the old probe just wants to keep on trucking. And yes, the 22 hours 30 minutes it takes for a signal to reach Voyager 1 are converted into days (0.94 days) for your convenience: Voyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old probe
Short summary of the open-access article by The Guardian (<20% in length, for fair usage reasons):
In an article published on April 23, 2024, by The Guardian's Oliver Holmes, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, the most distant human-made object in space, has started communicating properly again with NASA after engineers worked for months to remotely fix a problem with one of its onboard computers. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 was initially designed for a five-year mission to study Jupiter and Saturn but has continued operating for over four decades. It became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space in 2012 and is currently traveling at 37,800 mph (60,821 km/h).
The recent problem was related to a faulty computer chip, and the team had to move corrupted code elsewhere, a challenging process considering the old technology used by Voyager 1. Despite this issue, the spacecraft has continued operating normally and has made numerous scientific discoveries throughout its journey, including detailed recordings of Saturn, the discovery of Jupiter's rings, and the identification of active volcanism on one of Jupiter's moons. With limited solar power due to their distance from the sun, Voyager 1 and its sister probe, Voyager 2, rely on the natural radioactive decay of Pu to generate electricity. In about 40K years, both probes will approach relatively close to two stars: Voyager 1 to a star in Ursa Minor and Voyager 2 to Ross 248 in Andromeda.
Edited 4/26/24: I meant to say 40,000 years, not 4,000 years
Short summary of the open-access article by The Guardian (<20% in length, for fair usage reasons):
In an article published on April 23, 2024, by The Guardian's Oliver Holmes, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, the most distant human-made object in space, has started communicating properly again with NASA after engineers worked for months to remotely fix a problem with one of its onboard computers. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 was initially designed for a five-year mission to study Jupiter and Saturn but has continued operating for over four decades. It became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space in 2012 and is currently traveling at 37,800 mph (60,821 km/h).
The recent problem was related to a faulty computer chip, and the team had to move corrupted code elsewhere, a challenging process considering the old technology used by Voyager 1. Despite this issue, the spacecraft has continued operating normally and has made numerous scientific discoveries throughout its journey, including detailed recordings of Saturn, the discovery of Jupiter's rings, and the identification of active volcanism on one of Jupiter's moons. With limited solar power due to their distance from the sun, Voyager 1 and its sister probe, Voyager 2, rely on the natural radioactive decay of Pu to generate electricity. In about 40K years, both probes will approach relatively close to two stars: Voyager 1 to a star in Ursa Minor and Voyager 2 to Ross 248 in Andromeda.
Edited 4/26/24: I meant to say 40,000 years, not 4,000 years
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