"Trouble in Space: Voyager 1's Critical Glitch Threatens Interstellar Mission"
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, which has been in interstellar space for over 45 years, is experiencing a data issue related to its Flight Data System (FDS) and telemetry modulation unit (TMU), preventing the transmission of science and engineering data back to Earth. Despite being able to communicate with the spacecraft, engineers are facing challenges due to the immense distance between Voyager 1 and Earth. The issue may be related to a corrupted computer bit in the FDS' memory, and efforts to resolve it are ongoing.
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