Voyager 1 is now using a radio transmitter it hasn’t relied on since 1981 to stay in contact with its team on Earth while engineers work to understand what went wrong. As the spacecraft ...

The issue began in October when the aging probe automatically switched from its primary X-band radio transmitter and began relying on a much weaker S-band radio transmitter to communicate with its ...

Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to using a backup radio transmitter that has been inactive since 1981. The interstellar explorer experienced a brief ...

The space agency reconnected with Voyager 1 five days later using a radio transmitter that the probe hadn’t used since 1981. The issue emerged when the Voyager 1 flight team at the Jet ...

The space agency reconnected with Voyager 1 five days later using a radio transmitter that the probe hadn't used since 1981. The issue emerged when the Voyager 1 flight team at the Jet Propulsion ...