NASA finally solved the cause of the mixed transmissions of the Voyager 1 spacecraft. NASA’s Voyager team was having difficulty deciphering the incomprehensible messages coming from the spacecraft. A “poke command” sent in March caused Voyager 1 to use a different reading order for its software package, leading to a new clue.
Engineers have confirmed that corrupted memory aboard my twin #Voyager1 has been causing it to send unreadable data to Earth. It may take months, but our team is optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally again: https://t.co/qe5iQUu4Oj https://t.co/AGFBZFz53v
— NASA Voyager (@NASAVoyager) April 4, 2024
A section of the Voyager 1 spacecraft’s flight data system was found to contain readable data. Based on decoded data, NASA determined that approximately 3% of the spacecraft’s memory was corrupted. Engineers think the problem is limited to just one chip, which could make it easier to fix the problem.
If you don’t know, we said in mid-February that Voyager 1 was sending incorrect data. NASA had been working on repairing the spacecraft for about 1 and a half months.
