NASA Voyager 1 Back To Science After Glitch In Interstellar Space

– NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is back operational and collecting science data after experiencing a serious glitch in November that stopped its work for months.

– At over 15 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 1 is currently the most distant human-made object in space as it explores the region between stars known as interstellar space.

– After locating the source of the glitch as a small portion of corrupted memory in one of its computers, engineers were able to rework Voyager 1’s code and restore normal operations over the past few months in a slow, incremental process due to the probe’s great distance.

– Two of Voyager 1’s science instruments are now sending back usable data, with work ongoing to recalibrate the remaining two instruments in the coming weeks.

– Voyager 1 launched in 1977 and became the first human-made object to leave the solar system in 2012, continuing to provide valuable insights into interstellar space decades later through the efforts of its ground team.

– NASA hopes to keep at least one science instrument operational on Voyager 1 and its twin Voyager 2 until around 2025, furthering our understanding of the space environment far beyond our sun’s influence.

Source: Forbes

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