1970s tech in interstellar space: How NASA keeps Voyagers alive against all odds
Is it possible to fix a spacecraft billions of miles from home?
Source: zmescience.com
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Is it possible to fix a spacecraft billions of miles from home?
Around a half-dozen full-timers and a few part-timers are keeping Voyager alive.
Nasa’s Voyager 1 is to receive a software update from over 19 billion kilometres away in a bid to keep the spacecraft operational.
NASA’s Voyager team has rolled out important measures in an attempt to further prolong the interstellar journey of the two Voyager spacecraft, which have been transmitting data from deep space since 1977.
It took over 18 hours to transmit the software patch to the spacecraft.