Lost for almost 50 years, Nasa reconnects with Voyager 1 spacecraft 15 billion miles away – Times of India
Sharing a ground breaking development, Nasa recently announced re-connecting with the 47 year old long lost spacecraft Voyager 1, following years of radio silence. The spacecraft recently turned off one of its two radio transmitters and experts are currently working to uncover the cause.According to the space agency, non-essential systems on the spacecraft are switched off if it draws too much power. However, it may take the team several days or even weeks to identify the root cause that triggered the fault protection system.When NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory flight team in Southern California sends instructions to the spacecraft through the agency's Deep Space Network, Voyager 1 sends back engineering data. The team then analyzes this information to assess how the spacecraft responded ...