NASA fixed a glitch on Voyager 1 after consulting 45-year-old manuals. The spacecraft was beaming information through a dead computer.
http://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-voyager-1-70s-glitching-125100461.html
Tue, December 13, 2022
In May, NASA reported its Voyager 1 spacecraft was sending strange data back to Earth.
After looking through decades-old manuals to debug it, the Voyager team solved the glitch in August.
Why it occured is still uncertain. Engineers think it might be due to the spacecraft's age or location in interstellar space.
In May, NASA scientists said the Voyager 1 spacecraft was sending back inaccurate data from its attitude-control system. In order to find a fix, engineers dug through decades-old manuals.
The Voyager team solved the mysterious glitch in late August, NASA officials wrote in an update. Turns out, the spacecraft was beaming information using a dead computer that was corrupting the data.
Voyager 1, along with its twin Voyager 2, launched in 1977 with a design lifetime of five years to study Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and their respective moons up close.
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So,
The Voyager Girls are still kicking up their heels way the heck out there.
Good Job Guys.
Zim.
Mad Poet Strikes Again.
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