Voyager 1 Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments
Voyager 1 Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments
The spacecraft has resumed gathering information about interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is conducting normal science operations for the first time following a technical issue that arose in November 2023. The team partially resolved the issue in April when they prompted the spacecraft ...
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Four, it’s practically a one man band! Wasn’t it was out for half a year? I can’t imagine trying to patch something 15 billion miles away
It just took all that time to send the signal to turn off and turn back on again. The junior IT guy who suggested it was promoted.
The junior it guy for voyager is like 65
This is the coolest part for me. It launched in 1977. The fact they’ve kept people trained, or were able to keep people around who know the code is incredible.