"NASA's Battle to Save Voyager 1 as It Sends Incomprehensible Signals"

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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, which has been exploring the cosmos for over 45 years and is now in interstellar space, is experiencing communication glitches, sending nonsensical data to ground control due to a potential issue with its flight data system. Despite being billions of miles away, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are working to understand and resolve the problem, but the process is slow. Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has provided groundbreaking data on Jupiter and Saturn and may be nearing the end of its mission, but NASA is determined to continue efforts to save the historic spacecraft.
- NASA Is Still Fighting to Save Its Historic Voyager 1 Spacecraft Gizmodo
- Voyager 1, First Craft in Interstellar Space, May Have Gone Dark The New York Times
- NASA is trying to fix Voyager 1, but the old spacecraft's days are numbered NPR
- Voyager 1 Is Sending Incomprehensible Gibberish To Earth And NASA Is Concerned Hot Hardware
- Voyager 1 has "serious problem," still transmitting gibberish Boing Boing
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