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After experiencing communication interruptions since November 2022, NASA has successfully reestablished contact with Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth traversing interstellar space. Flight controllers identified a faulty computer chip as the cause of the disruptions and reconfigured the spacecraft’s coding to circumvent the issue. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirmed the restoration of engineering data transmission last week. The team continues to work on restoring the transmission of scientific data despite the 22.5-hour signal delay due to Voyager 1’s distance of over 15 billion miles. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 explored Jupiter and Saturn before venturing into interstellar space in 2012. Its twin, Voyager 2, remains operational at a distance of 12.6 billion miles.

NASA has successfully reestablished communication with Voyager 1, the spacecraft that has traveled the farthest from Earth and has been exploring interstellar space since 2012. Voyager 1 had previously stopped transmitting understandable data, but engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have resolved the issue by reconfiguring the spacecraft’s coding. The team is still working on restoring the transmission of scientific data from Voyager 1, but they have declared the initial communication restoration a success. Voyager 1 and its twin spacecraft, Voyager 2, were launched in 1977 to study Jupiter and Saturn. While Voyager 2 is still working and located 12.6 billion miles away, Voyager 1 is now more than 15 billion miles away, taking over 22 hours for signals to reach it due to its immense distance.