The Voyager 1 spacecraft is functioning normally again after the aging probe’s dwindling power supply triggered a ...
Voyager 1 is shouting across the cosmos again, following a glitch that had seen it inadvertently switch to its low-power ...
A mateur astronomers in Dwingeloo in the northeastern Netherlands have picked up a signal from NASA's ailing Voyager 1 spacecraft, around 24.9 billion kilometers (15.5 billion miles) away.
NASA engineers solve thruster issues on Voyager 1, enabling continued space exploration beyond 15 billion miles.
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft communicates with Earth using a 1981 backup transmitter. Discover the challenges and significance ...
including firing up old thrusters to keep Voyager 1’s antenna pointed at Earth and coming up with a solution for a computer glitch that silenced the probe’s stream of science data to Earth for ...
Because of the great distance between Voyager 1 and Earth, however, transmissions on the S-band antenna could not be heard by NASA's Deep Space Network, meaning that Voyager 1 had effectively ...
the clogging of Voyager 1’s thrusters has been particularly concerning. These thrusters are vital for keeping the spacecraft’s High Gain Antenna pointed toward Earth, ensuring that it can receive ...