NASA’s Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, has resumed sending scientific data after a computer issue in November. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that Voyager 1’s four instruments are back online and collecting valuable information. The team received meaningful data from the spacecraft in April and recently instructed it to resume studying its environment in interstellar space.
Voyager 1 was launched in 1977 and is currently over 15 billion miles away from Earth. Its counterpart, Voyager 2, is also in interstellar space and is more than 12 billion miles from Earth. Both spacecraft have made significant discoveries during their missions, including finding a thin ring around Jupiter and discovering several of Saturn’s moons.
The instruments on Voyager 1 are designed to study plasma waves, magnetic fields, and particles in space. These studies provide valuable insights into the universe’s most remote regions. The Associated Press Health and Science Department is supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. However, the AP is solely responsible for all content published. Stay tuned for more updates and information on Voyager 1’s latest scientific discoveries.
