CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has finally heard back from Voyager 1 again in a way that makes sense.
The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back understandable data last November. Flight controllers traced the blank communication to a bad computer chip and rearranged the spacecraft’s coding to work around the trouble.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California declared success after receiving good engineering updates late last week. The team is still working to restore transmission of the science data.
It takes 22 1/2 hours to send a signal to Voyager 1, more than 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away in interstellar space. The signal travel time is double that for a round trip.
Contact was never lost, rather it was like making a phone call where you can’t hear the person on the other end, a JPL spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Jason Sudeikis and ex Olivia Wilde beam at their kids in LA park... after ending 18
Emily DiDonato shows off the results of her 25
Pasquantino, Melendez homer as Royals win 9
Justin Verlander allows 2 runs over 6 innings in season debut for Astros in 5
Biden to speak at Morehouse College commencement
Chinese scientist awarded for groundbreaking work in transplantation, cellular therapy
ADB economist lauds efforts to sustain growth
Hong Kong schools ban books, warn teachers not to get 'political' — Radio Free Asia
Saudi Arabia extends voluntary cut of oil production
PGA Tour has a team event in New Orleans. LIV Golf returns Down Under
Explainer: What do new productive forces mean?