A computer glitch has put the future of humanity’s farthest-flung space probe in doubt.
Voyager 1 is still alive out there, barreling into the cosmos more than 15 billion miles away. However, a computer problem has kept the mission's loyal support team in Southern California from knowing much more about the status of one of
's Voyager mission in 2010, overseeing a small cadre of engineers responsible for humanity's exploration into interstellar space. Voyager 1 is the most distant spacecraft ever, speeding away from the sun at 38,000 mph . Voyager 2, which launched 16 days before Voyager 1 in 1977, isn't quite as far away.
. Dodd said engineers at JPL have spent the better part of three months trying to diagnose the cause of the problem. She said the engineering team is '99.9 percent sure' the problem originated in the FDS, which appears to be having trouble 'frame syncing' data. So far, the ground team believes the most likely explanation for the problem is a bit of corrupted memory in the FDS.
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