"Unraveling Voyager 1's Glitch: NASA Engineers Identify the Cause"

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"Unraveling Voyager 1's Glitch: NASA Engineers Identify the Cause"
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NASA engineers have identified corrupted memory hardware in the Voyager 1 spacecraft's flight data system as the cause of the probe sending nonsensical data to mission control. The issue began in May 2022 and resurfaced in December 2023, prompting the team to send a command to pinpoint the corrupted section. Approximately 3% of the FDS memory has been corrupted, hindering normal operations, but the engineers are working on finding a solution to enable Voyager 1 to resume transmitting data and continue its deep space journey.

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