NASA Successfully Restores Contact with Voyager 2
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NASA's Voyager mission team has successfully restored communication with Voyager 2, a spacecraft that has been operating for nearly 46 years. After accidentally causing the spacecraft's antenna to shift away from Earth, the team used an amplified radio signal, or "shout," to instruct Voyager 2 to reorient its antenna. Despite the low probability of success due to the massive distance, the command worked, and the spacecraft is now operating normally. Voyager 1, its twin probe, continues to operate as expected. Both probes are in interstellar space, collecting valuable data as they explore uncharted territory.
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