News NASA hopes to resolve Voyager 1's communication issues by 'poking' its flight data computer

[Admin]

The historic Voyager 1 probe, currently "lost" (uncontrollable) in space due to a memory error, has finally managed to send back a full reading of its FDS memory to NASA on Earth, which may reveal a path to a fix.

NASA hopes to resolve Voyager 1's communication issues by 'poking' its flight data computer : Read more

 

[atomicWAR]

Fingers crossed they find a fix. I have been amazed at the exploration longevity the Voyager I has provided the scientific community. I hope they save it. Long live V'ger.

 

[elforeign]

Fingers crossed they find a fix. I have been amazed at the exploration longevity the Voyager I has provided the scientific community. I hope they save it. Long live V'ger.

Eagerly awaiting any updates in the coming days or weeks on this. Hopefully they have the breakthrough and can get useful telemetry and data back in working order.

 

[milleron]

What does the author mean by making the probe "recoverable" and "bring it [Voyager I] back to Earth?"

 

[vanadiel007]

I bet it's not running Windows lol.

 

[woot]

What does the author mean by making the probe "recoverable" and "bring it [Voyager I] back to Earth?"

That's probably just a joke.

 

[derekullo]

What does the author mean by making the probe "recoverable" and "bring it [Voyager I] back to Earth?"

"The Flight Data Subsystem in Voyager 1 has successfully sent a (Memory) readout need for diagnostics and a potential fix back to Earth."

Not sure if it was corrected, but they mean voyager transmitted the data through radio waves back to earth.

Recoverable means that can hopefully start using Voyager again for its intended purpose once the memory has been analyzed for whatever is causing the malfunction.

 

[coromonadalix]

dont worry people, it will be back as V Ger to meet it's creator loll

 

[das_stig]

Go Voyager 1 ..... funny how something like this ancient tech is/was more reliable and has lasted longer than anything Microsoft can produce with all its latest tech and money, yes looking at you Windows.

 

[kb7rky]

I remember when the Voyagers were launched. The fact thay're still going after 45+ years is impressive as hell.

I do hope Voyager 1 gets a fix soon.