The Punjabi ArchivesVoyager 1 spacecraft is sending back some funky data from interstellar space that's leaving NASA engineers scratching their heads.
Readouts on the orientation of the 1970s-era space probe now appear to be randomly generated or don't reflect any possible scenario the spacecraft could be in, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory officials said this week.
The problematic data are coming from the so-called "attitude articulation and control system," or AACS, the onboard equipment that measures, reports, and changes the position of the vehicle in space. The system keeps an antenna pointed at Earth, which allows it to send data home.
It took a lot of work to launch humanity’s greatest message into space
The interstellar dream is dying
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft is now flying through the stars
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
The new bizarre situation calls into question the future for the long-duration mission. Given that Voyager 1 continues to return data from its science instruments, all signs suggest the controls are still working, though the data doesn't make sense, the U.S. space agency said. It otherwise seems to be functioning normally.
"A mystery like this is sort of par for the course at this stage of the Voyager mission," said Suzanne Dodd, project manager for Voyager 1 and 2 in a NASA statement released Wednesday.
"A mystery like this is sort of par for the course at this stage of the Voyager mission."
Both Voyager 1 and 2 are almost 45 years old, which is far beyond their original life expectancy. Interstellar space is a high-radiation environment that no spacecraft has ever flown in before, she said, so surprises are almost expected to arise.
Voyager 1 is 14.5 billion miles from Earth. That means light takes 20 hours and 33 minutes to travel that distance. In other words, the lag between getting a message to Voyager and receiving a response is about two days.
"There are some big challenges for the engineering team," Dodd said. "But I think if there's a way to solve this issue with the [telemetry], our team will find it."
Voyager 1 has been exploring the solar system since 1977, along with its counterpart, Voyager 2. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Voyager 1 has been exploring the solar system since 1977, along with its counterpart, Voyager 2. They were originally intended to study Jupiter and Saturn, their moons, and Saturn's rings. For the two-planet mission, they were built to last just five years.
With their initial success, engineers doubled the missions' objectives to include two more giant planets, Uranus and Neptune. Between the two, the spacecraft have explored four planets, 48 moons, and a host of planetary magnetic fields and rings.
The spacecraft generate about 4 fewer watts of power annually, limiting the number of systems they can operate. The mission team has turned off equipment to reserve power. No science instruments have been powered down yet. The goal is to keep the Voyagers running beyond 2025, according to NASA.
'Severance' Season 3 gets confirmed by Apple
Is Every Poem a Failure?
#ReadEverywhere, Even in the Clouds
On Taylor Swift’s Passive
Mac Mini M2 Desktop deal: Save $100 at Best Buy
Linda Rosenkrantz on Her Book “Talk,” Fifty Years Later
Watch how 6 planets orbit their star in perfect sync
#ReadEverywhere, Even in the Clouds
How to Settle Down with Dystopia
Beelzebub's Closeup, and Other News
#rateaspecies is basically Yelp reviews for zoo animals
Rubbernecking
Ezra Pound Chastises James Joyce’s Potty Humor
For Graduates: The Paris Review’s Commencement Gift Box
4GHz CPU Battle: AMD 2nd
Beware the Mineshaft of Books
We’re Bringing Back Our #ReadEverywhere Contest
100 Billboards Celebrate the Allure of the West
I'm a college professor. My advice to young people who feel hooked on tech
Why John Clare Hated the First
Equifax admits additional 2.4 million Americans affected by 2017 hackA grown man faceBitcoin's selfPilot report reveals vomitThese college courses give students free money — so they can donate it all awayBombogenesis, explainedPhotos, videos show extent of nor'easter flooding across East CoastBill Gates trashes hyperloop and cryptocurrencies in AMA'Black Panther' writer TaBeastly storm to slam East Coast with damaging winds, coastal floodingOtter app transcribes any verbal conversation into searchable textBombogenesis, explainedThis year's Best Picture nominees deserve to be seen as classic comic stripsPhotos, videos show extent of nor'easter flooding across East CoastDangerous lateThe best tech of Mobile World Congress 2018Uber is the latest to join big tech’s race into healthcareThis is what a red alert for snowfall actually looks like at an airportA grown man faceWeather Service issues dire warning as major storm hits Massachusetts Cooking with Florine Stettheimer by Valerie Stivers An Angle in My Eye: An Interview with Lee Mary Manning by Olivia Kan On Mel Bochner and Sophie Calle by The Paris Review Love Songs: “Up in Hudson” by Camille Jacobson Love Songs: “You Don’t Know What Love Is” by Blair McClendon The Couch Had Nothing to Do with Me by Maya Binyam What the Paris Review Staff Read in 2022 by The Paris Review What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Goals? by Jonathan Wilson Love Songs: “Being in Love” by Robert Rubsam Love Songs: “I Want to Be Your Man” by Elena Saavedra Buckley The Written World and the Unwritten World by Italo Calvino Chateaubriand on Writing Memoir between Two Societies by François On Hegel, Nadine Gordimer, and Kyle Abraham by The Paris Review Chateaubriand on Finding Life in a Society Dissolving Camus’s New York Diary, 1946 by Albert Camus Relentlessness: A Syllabus by Colm Tóibín My Ugly Bathroom by Sarah Miller My Rattling Window by Sophie Haigney The Leap by Dan Beachy Today I Have Very Strong Feelings by Jonathan Wilson
2.4698s , 10133.609375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Punjabi Archives】,Evergreen Information Network