The probe has been glitching for months, and the prospects look very grim, but NASA is not yet ready to give up.
For more than 45 years, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has been cruising through the cosmos, crossing the boundary of our solar system to become the first human-made object to venture to interstellar space. Iconic in every regard, Voyager 1 has delivered groundbreaking data on Jupiter and Saturn, and captured the loneliest image of Earth. But perhaps nothing is lonelier than an aging spacecraft that has lost its ability to communicate while traveling billions of miles away from home.
The problem first began in May 2022, when the probe suddenly started sending nonsensical attitude articulation and control data. Engineers resolved the issue by sending the telemetry data through one of the spacecraft’s other computers. In December 2023, Voyager 1 started speaking gibberish again. Voyager 1 is currently 15.14 billion miles away , flying through interstellar space at a speed of 38,000 miles per hour .
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