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Commands sent on July 21 accidentally caused the spacecraft’s antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth and couldn't receive any commands from mission control.
NASA was able to repair the connection to its marathon probe "Voyager 2", which had been lost in the meantime. Because the U.S. space agency also has an X account for interstellar aircraft, the news came via tweet.Contact was cut off when a series of planned commands on July 21 inadvertently caused the spacecraft's antenna to be pointed two degrees away from Earth. As a result, communication was interrupted, the probe was temporarily unable to send data or receive commands. The spacecraft is functioning normally and is still on its predicted route.
In July a wrong command was made to the spacecraft, sent to explore space in 1977, changing its position and severing contact.
NASA lost contact with Voyager 2 on July 21 after it erroneously instructed the probe to point its antennae away from Earth.
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