- NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is transmitting data again after a technical issue in November.
- Voyager 1 is drifting through interstellar space on a mission to collect information on plasma waves, magnetic fields and particles.
- Voyager 1 is more than 15 billion miles from Earth. Its twin, Voyager 2, is more than 12 billion miles away.
NASA’s Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from Earth, is again transmitting scientific data.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced this week that Voyager 1’s four instruments have recovered from a computer problem in November. Research teams first received meaningful information from Voyager 1 in April and recently directed it to resume studying its environment.
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This illustration provided by NASA depicts the spacecraft farthest from Earth, Voyager 1. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California announced this week that Voyager 1’s four scientific instruments are operational again after technical issues in November. (NASA via AP, File)
Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is drifting in interstellar space, the space between star systems. Before reaching this region, the spacecraft discovered thin rings around some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. The instruments on board are designed to gather information on plasma waves, magnetic fields, and particles.
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Voyager 1 is more than 15 billion miles away from Earth. Its twin spacecraft, Voyager 2, is also in interstellar space, more than 12 billion miles away.
