"Voyager 1: Mysterious Transmission 15 Billion Miles from Earth"
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, which has been exploring the solar system for over 45 years, started transmitting gibberish messages due to a corrupted memory in its flight data subsystem. Engineers suspect that a single chip storing part of the affected memory isn't working, possibly due to an energetic particle from space or wear and tear. They are optimistic about finding a solution but it may take weeks or months. Meanwhile, Voyager 2 continues to function normally. In other news, NASA planned to launch three rockets to study the effects of the April 8, 2024 eclipse on Earth's upper atmosphere.
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