NASA’s Voyager 1, probably the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is doing science once more after downside

DALLAS (AP) — NASA’s Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is sending science information once more.

Voyager 1’s 4 devices are again in enterprise after a pc downside in November, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory mentioned this week. The crew first received meaningful information again from Voyager 1 in April, and lately commanded it to start out learning its surroundings once more.

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is drifting by means of interstellar house, or the house between star techniques. Earlier than reaching this area, the spacecraft found a skinny ring round Jupiter and a number of other of Saturn’s moons. Its devices are designed to gather details about plasma waves, magnetic fields and particles.

Voyager 1 is over 15 billion miles (24.14 kilometers) from Earth. Its twin Voyager 2 — additionally in interstellar house — is greater than 12 billion miles (19.31 kilometers) miles away.

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