NASA Successfully Restores Contact with Voyager 2 Space Probe
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NASA has restored contact with the Voyager 2 spacecraft after two weeks of silence by sending an "interstellar shout" command. The spacecraft, which left Earth 46 years ago, lost communication in July due to a command that shifted its antenna away from Earth. NASA's Deep Space Network picked up a faint carrier signal from the spacecraft, confirming it was still operating. Engineers then sent a command to orient the spacecraft back at Earth, and after 37 hours, received confirmation that it worked. Voyager 2 is now returning science and telemetry data, operating normally and on its expected trajectory.
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