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"Race Against Time: NASA's Efforts to Save Voyager 1 from Critical Malfunction"

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"Race Against Time: NASA's Efforts to Save Voyager 1 from Critical Malfunction"
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NASA has identified the source of the glitch preventing Voyager 1 from sending back scientific data, but fixing it remains a challenge due to the spacecraft's outdated computer system and the 45-hour round-trip for messages to reach it. The glitch, which started late last year, has hindered the transmission of scientific observations. Despite efforts by NASA engineers, the problem persists, and the spacecraft's declining power supply adds urgency to the situation. Voyager 1's instruments are still operational, but they require a functioning flight data system to return data to Earth.

Topics:sciencespacescience#computer-glitch#nasa#space-exploration#spacecraft#spacescience#voyager-1
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  1. NASA Thinks It Knows Why Voyager 1 Is Glitching – But No Fix Yet  IFLScience
  2. Humanity's most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch  Ars Technica
  3. It'll Be a 'Miracle' to Recover Glitching Voyager 1 Probe, Says NASA's JPL  Gizmodo
  4. NASA Engineers Are Racing to Fix Voyager 1  WIRED
  5. NASA's Voyager 1 probe is malfunctioning in deep space due to a critical memory error  Tom's Hardware

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