Launched over 46 years ago, a recent chip failure kept Voyager 1 from sending readable data back from interstellar space.
But they figured out how to fix it! By moving code in its tiny 70kB memory, they can work around that broken chip. So the mission continues! 🛰️
[Joke about my morning coffee helping me wake up goes here]
News: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth
Super-deep tech descriptions for those who are traveling by hashtag: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/voyager-mission-anniversary-computers-command-data-attitude-control/
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