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Space exploration always a journey into unknown. A blend of wonder, technology, & human perseverance. Recently unforgettable moment gripped space community when NASA reestablished contact w/Voyager 1, a legendary probe launched in 1977. Now, at a mind-boggling distance of 24 billion km from Earth, stalwart explorer reappeared on radar, sparking renewed excitement & optimism.

A 1977 space probe 24 billion km away suddenly reappears on NASA’s radar. A Brief Communication Breakdown.

Imagine tuning in to your favorite radio station, only to have the signal cut out for months—this was the challenge NASA faced when Voyager 1 began broadcasting an unusual, repetitive code in November 2023. Probe’s signals became garbled due to a malfunction in 1 of its chips, corrupted about 3% of its memory, 5 mths communication w/spacecraft was elusive, leaving engineers grappling w/mystery, why their cherished cosmic messenger had fallen silent. As Linda Spilker, a seasoned NASA project scientist, expressed,
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