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Voyager 1 sends mysterious data from 14.5 billion miles away

Interesting Engineering

May 20, 2022

NASA has reported that while the venerable Voyager 1 probe appears to be functional, there does appear to be something up with some of its instruments. According to its recent press release, readouts from the Attitude Articulation and Control System (AACS) seem invalid.

For an as yet unknown reason, data received from the system doesn’t seem to match up with what’s actually happening onboard.

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