Voyager 1 glitch? NASA working to understand strange data from venerable probe

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"The spacecraft are both almost 45 years old, which is far beyond what the mission planners anticipated," Dodd added."We're also in interstellar space — a high-radiation environment that no spacecraft have flown in before." The glitch has to do with Voyager 1's attitude articulation and control system, or AACS, which keeps the spacecraft and its antenna in the proper orientation. And the AACS seems to be working just fine, since the spacecraft is receiving commands, acting on them and sending science data back to Earth with the same signal strength as usual. Nevertheless, the AACS is sending the spacecraft's handlers junk telemetry data.

 

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Tengo la absoluta seguridad, que pronto superará el percance. Tú puedes querida Voyager1. 🤗🤗🤗

I believe what has happened here is that Voyager1 has become a sentient being & gained self-awareness. Hence, it became confused as to its orientation. So now it must fend for itself in the deep of space. Truly remarkable! Farewell, Voyager & Godspeed...🙏

It has been abducted by the aliens. ..

ボイジャー📡がとうとう👽️👾との 遭遇⁉️😆

Tengo la absoluta seguridad, que pronto superará el percance. Tú puedes querida Voyager1. 🤗🤗🤗

It’s about 9 light days away….

Here’s the problem

V’ger

How many NASA are still with the Discover ?

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This is fine. Everything is fine.

*Just probably some interference *wait its repeating *omfg its changing *Someone may be trying to contact us *Aliens Are we about to finally get disclosure?

As of January 2022 Voyager is 14.5 billion miles from Earth 🌍

Its coming back for the carbon based units.

another Star trek prophecy coming true !

Saint Voyager 🙂

Still amazing that you actually get a signal back after all this time.

If there are so many habitable worlds out there, where is everybody? Click link below for daring attempts to answer this question. thursdayvibes Voyager 1 Iraq Rothschild

Have they tried putting it in rice?

ET phone home

glitch or something else

Veger!!

Poor thing, she's out there all alone and feeling confused. 💔🙏❤️🖖Hang in there Sweetheart.

Should we be expecting this?

Oh-oh! 😮

Callin all Fortran coders.

Effects of Dark Energy!!

She found something or something found her and we're not to know? Snap out of it honey, translate?💖

Agreed, it's Vger

Keep us informed.

Hijacked by aliens

On its way for it rendezvous in the future with the Enterprise! Stay the course!

Poor, beat up spacecraft. Time to lay it to rest?

Cybertron ?! Megatron is Back ! They're Summoning this mechanical Demon, and Leading him back to our beloved Earth ! Sacrifices had to be made for Science. No wonder Megan Fox drinks Machine Blood...

The transformation into V’ger has begun…

It just bounced off a wall.

Switch it off and on again

I never invite anything, to my house l don’t know.

Hope they work out what’s what

It’s discovered a planet of machines.

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