“Pale Blue Dot” is an image taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft of earth from 6 billion km away.
To me, this is the single greatest, most beautiful photograph in history. pic.twitter.com/9ZOp04cZOh— 𝕄𝕣. 𝔻ℕ𝔸🌹 🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🥥 (@Miles_BenjaminX) October 29, 2024
The Pale Blue Dot. Our group photo. Taken Feb. 14, 1990, by NASA’s Voyager 1 at a distance of 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) from the Sun. voyager one will likely lose communications with earth next year as it’s RTG power source finally fails it after nearly 50 years for some reason that makes me profoundly sad we should build more voyagers something for our kids to get excited about
- Voyager 1 temporarily lost contact with NASA’s Deep Space Network.
- The probe autonomously activated an old transmitter not used since 1981.
- This retro transmitter reconnected it with NASA’s systems.
- Engineers are investigating the cause of the switch.
- The probe is about 15 billion miles from Earth.
- Voyager 1 launched in 1977 on an interstellar mission.
- Communication issues are expected with its aging equipment.
Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn’t been used since 1981 ….”The backup radio transmitter has remained dormant for about 43 years” …wow!
https://t.co/c5KYH7XcxC— Veronica (@vevecurl) October 31, 2024
- The retro transmitter’s activation surprised NASA engineers.
- Troubleshooting is focused on maintaining stable communications.
- Voyager 1 continues to relay data from beyond the solar system.
- Voyager’s mission has far exceeded its original timeline.
- The spacecraft relies on pre-programmed commands for autonomy.
- NASA monitors both Voyager 1 and 2 for operational challenges.
- Despite age, the probe provides valuable interstellar data.
- Voyager’s ongoing journey represents humanity’s farthest exploration.
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