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Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth (edition.cnn.com)

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NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a computer glitch that’s causing a bit of a communication breakdown between the 46-year-old probe and its mission team on Earth.

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[-] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Didn’t I recently read that they were updating its software?

…typical.

[-] Rockyrikoko@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

"upgrading"

[-] ultra@feddit.ro 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They forgot to pay the subscription for the ~~solar panels~~ RTGs

EDIT: I guess it relies more on nuclear than solar

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