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NASA Is Now Talking To Voyager 1 With A Radio That Hasn't Been Used Since 1981

NASA can't catch a break when it comes to Voyager 1, apparently. That's because the US space agency has now revealed that the only thing keeping Voyager 1 communications running at the moment is a ...
HotHardware

NASA Turns On Backup Radio Not Used Since 1981 To Ping Voyager 1 15 Billion Miles Away

NASA reconnected with its Voyager 1 spacecraft more than 15 billion miles from Earth by flipping the switch on a backup radio not used on the spacecraft since 1981. The space agency reported Voyager 1 ...
NDTV

15 Billion Miles Away, NASA's Voyager 1 Comes Back To Life Using 1981 Tech

Voyager 1 has two radio transmitters. NASA's 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft recently established contact with Earth after a brief halt with the help of a radio transmitter that has not been used ...
CNN

Aging spacecraft starts up a radio transmitter it hasn’t used since 1981 from 15 billion miles away

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The 47-year-old ...
Gizmodo

Voyager 1 Ghosts NASA, Forcing Use of Backup Radio Dormant Since 1981

Voyager 1 can’t seem to catch a break. The interstellar traveler recently recovered from a thruster glitch that nearly ended its mission, and now NASA’s aging probe stopped sending data to ground ...