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NASA engineers have successfully completed a complex troubleshooting procedure on the Voyager 1 space probe to fix a faulty computer. The probe, which is over 46 years old and located 15 billion miles away, had been sending corrupted science data due to a memory issue. The team remotely moved the affected code to a different part of the computer to prevent further corruption. With this issue resolved, NASA expects Voyager 1 to resume transmitting valuable scientific data soon. Meanwhile, its sister probe, Voyager 2, continues to operate without any problems.

NASA engineers have successfully resolved an issue with Voyager 1’s computer, bringing the probe closer to resuming science data transmission. The issue, identified in November 2023, involved a faulty memory section in one of the probe’s computers. The team relocated the affected code to avoid memory corruption, allowing the probe to send readable data home.