"NASA Races Against Time to Repair Voyager 1 Before Its Inevitable End"

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"NASA Races Against Time to Repair Voyager 1 Before Its Inevitable End"
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, now over 15 billion miles away, has been sending back nonsensical messages to Earth since mid-November, indicating a serious malfunction. The team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is working tirelessly to troubleshoot the issue, but the aging spacecraft's primitive technology poses challenges. Despite efforts to extend its lifespan, Voyager 1's power supply will eventually run out, marking the end of its scientific mission. Plans for a new mission to send another probe even farther into interstellar space are being considered for the 2030s.

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