NASA hears from Voyager 1, after months of quiet
Time:2024-05-21 18:17:45 Source:politicsViews(143)
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.
Previous:The fightback begins: Boss of London's Queen Mary University tells pro
Next:Elon Musk gets approval from FDA to implant his Neuralink brain chip into a second patient
You may also like
- Storms damage homes in Oklahoma and Kansas. But in Houston, most power is restored
- China's goal of engaging 300 million people in winter sports achieved: survey
- Enterprises in Guangxi ride RCEP momentum to expand ASEAN market
- China's outbound tourism thrives during Chinese New Year holidays
- California congressman urges closer consultation with tribes on offshore wind
- Steeled for an almighty challenge
- China's Wang, Sun crowned at WTT Champions Macao 2022
- China Focus: China embraces wider winter sports, leisure participation
- Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault by Russia