The Brains of the Voyager Spacecraft: Command, Data, and Attitude ...
WEBJul 9, 2017 · Introduction. RTG (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator) Long Distance Communications. Cameras, Polarimeters, and Magnetometers. Infrared Interferometer, Spectrometer, and Radio Astronomy. Launched in 1977, the Voyager 1 and 2 probes were both cutting-edge pieces of technology for their time.
The Computers Of Voyager - Hackaday
WEBMay 6, 2024 · Voyager was the first unmanned mission to include distributed computing, partly because the sheer number of tasks to be executed with precision during the high-stakes planetary fly-bys would...
Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally …
WEBApr 23, 2024 · The ground team sent a command up to Voyager 1 on Thursday to recode part of the memory of the spacecraft's Flight Data Subsystem (FDS), one of the probe's three computers.
Voyager 1 - Wikipedia
WEBVoyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. It was launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2 .
Voyager 1 is back online! NASA's most distant spacecraft returns …
WEBJun 14, 2024 · NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is fully operational for the first time since November 2023, with all four science instruments returning usable data to Earth.
How NASA repaired Voyager 1 from 15 billion miles away
WEBApr 26, 2024 · Through their investigation, Voyager’s ground team discovered that a single chip responsible for storing a portion of the FDS memory had stopped working, probably due to either a cosmic ray hit or a failure of aging hardware.
Spacecraft - NASA Science
WEBThe identical Voyager spacecraft are three-axis stabilized systems that use celestial or gyro referenced attitude control to maintain pointing of the high-gain antennas toward Earth. The prime mission science payload consisted of 10 instruments (11 …
Finally, engineers have a clue that could help them save Voyager 1
WEBMar 15, 2024 · It's been four months since NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft sent an intelligible signal back to Earth, and the problem has puzzled engineers tasked with supervising the probe exploring interstellar...
How NASA Is Hacking Voyager 1 Back to Life - IEEE Spectrum
WEBMay 6, 2024 · On 14 November 2023, NASA’s interstellar space probe Voyager 1 began sending gibberish back to Earth. For five months, the spacecraft transmitted unusable data equivalent to a dial tone.
NASA’s Promising Path to Overcoming Voyager 1 Computer …
WEBMar 31, 2024 · NASA is tackling Voyager 1’s computer challenges with innovative solutions, leveraging AI and software updates to ensure its continued success in interstellar exploration.
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