FILE - This illustration provided by NASA depicts Voyager 1. The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back understandable data in November 2023. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California announced this week that Voyager 1's four scientific instruments are back in business after a technical snafu in November. (NASA via AP, File)
NASA's Voyager 1, the furthest spacecraft from Earth, has resumed transmitting scientific data.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported that all four of Voyager 1's instruments are operational again following a computer issue in November. Since April, the team has been receiving significant data and recently instructed the spacecraft to resume its study of interstellar space.
Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 has explored Jupiter's ring and several of Saturn's moons before entering interstellar space. It collects data on plasma waves, magnetic fields, and particles. Voyager 1 is currently more than 15 billion miles from Earth, with its twin Voyager 2, also in interstellar space, over 12 billion miles away.
