NASA Hears Voyager 2 'Heartbeat' After Losing Communication
The wrong command turned the Voyager 2's antenna just 2 degrees away from Earth, causing it to lose communication with the team for almost 2 weeks.
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The wrong command turned the Voyager 2's antenna just 2 degrees away from Earth, causing it to lose communication with the team for almost 2 weeks.
Voyager 2 had been out of touch since flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command more than a week ago that tilted its antenna away from Earth.
NASA has received a signal from Voyager 2 after accidentally losing contact with it, paving the way for an attempt to restore full communications.
A whopping 20bn kilometres away, the Voyager 2 is still functioning after a brief mishap that caused it to pause communication.
The probe was launched in 1977 to study planets beyond our solar system.