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'Big Bang' Fix Puts Voyager Across the 'One Light-Day' Mark
Universe Today · By David Dickinson ·
The Brief
- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is working to keep the two Voyager spacecraft active.
- A software fix, described in the headline as a 'Big Bang' fix, puts Voyager 2 past the one light-day mark.
- The two Voyager spacecraft departed on the Grand Tour of the solar system in 1977.
Why it matters
Voyager 2 is one of the few working spacecraft far beyond the planets, so keeping its software running extends one of the longest-running deep-space missions still returning to operation.
Who’s affected
- Voyager mission teams at NASA JPL
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Flashback to 1977. Jimmy Carter was U.S. president, Star Wars was a box office hit, and the two Voyager spacecraft departed on an historic Grand Tour of the solar system. Now, teams at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are working to keep the missions active, as they push the…