WORLDTECHNASA's Voyager 1 team stretches dwindling power and recovers from a communications pause
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NASA's Voyager team is marking two recent developments with the Voyager 1 spacecraft: a months-long effort to stretch its shrinking power supply, completed in September, and the resolution of an unexpected loss of communication. The account is reported by Phys.org.
Power supply stretched through September
According to the report, the Voyager team successfully completed a months-long effort in September to extend the life of the spacecraft's diminishing power supply. The work is presented as one of the two developments the team is celebrating.
Communications pause resolved within two days
The report also describes an unexpected loss of communication with the spacecraft. That loss resolved itself after 48 hours, before the team sent commands to Voyager 1 to troubleshoot the issue.
The account rests on a single outlet, Phys.org, and the verified facts do not add further detail on the cause of the pause.
Open questions
- What caused the unexpected loss of communication with Voyager 1?