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A flight from Omaha to Los Angeles made an emergency landing after losing radio contact with cabin crew, prompting the pilots to knock on the locked cockpit door due to a communication system failure, with no injuries reported.
In July 2023, NASA's Voyager 2 experienced a critical communication loss due to a misdirected command, causing a two-week silence that was eventually resolved with a powerful 'shout' command, highlighting the fragility of this long-standing interstellar mission.
Intuitive Machines' stock plummeted after the company announced that communication with its Odysseus moon lander, which had fallen onto its side, is expected to cease on Tuesday, cutting short its mission five days after touchdown. Despite this setback, the company stated that all but one of its six NASA science and technology payloads were facing upwards and receptive to communications, with the remaining payloads expected to carry out their scientific objectives. The stock's high volatility and short interest have attracted attention from retail traders, leading to significant fluctuations in its value.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, 70, is returning to Walter Reed for a routine exam after a controversial two-week hospital stay due to a severe infection following surgery for prostate cancer. His failure to disclose his illness and hospitalization sparked bipartisan outrage and investigations. Austin, who has been conducting Pentagon business from home, is expected to make a full recovery but will likely face tough questions on Capitol Hill about the communication failure after he has fully recovered.
In Jackson, Mississippi, another man, Marrio Terrell Moore, was buried without his family's knowledge after being killed on February 2. His body had been left unclaimed in the Hinds County morgue for months before being buried in a pauper's field by inmates at the county penal farm. This case, along with the burial of Dexter Wade, highlights failures in the system designed to notify families of their loved ones' deaths and give them the opportunity to claim the bodies. Authorities claim to have made attempts to contact Marrio's family, but they deny receiving any notifications. The family is devastated and demands answers from the Jackson Police Department and Hinds County coroner's office.
The chances of India's Moon lander, Vikram, reawakening after a lunar night are diminishing, according to space scientists. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has been attempting to contact the lander and rover, Pragyaan, since the start of the new lunar day, but has not received any signals. Former Isro chief AS Kiran Kumar stated that the extreme cold temperatures on the Moon may have damaged the components of the lander and rover. Efforts to establish communication are ongoing, but the outcome remains uncertain. India made history with the Chandrayaan-3 mission, becoming the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.
India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander has not responded to the Indian Space Research Organisation's wake-up call, but ISRO says it is not the end of the mission. Efforts are underway to reestablish communication with the lander and rover, which successfully landed on the lunar surface in August. Former ISRO Chairman K Sivan stated that although the design life of the lander and rover is over, there is still valuable data to analyze. Possible reasons for the communication failure include connectivity issues or battery depletion due to harsh lunar night conditions.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has not received any signals yet from its Moon lander and rover, which were put into "sleep mode" during the lunar nightfall. It is possible that the extreme cold of the lunar night damaged the batteries. ISRO is attempting to establish communication with the Vikram lander and Pragyaan rover as a new lunar day begins. If they do not wake up, they will remain on the Moon as India's lunar ambassador.
OceanGate reportedly informed Christine Dawood, whose husband and son died on the Titan sub, that communication with the sub was often patchy. Dawood said she was looking out on the ocean in case the sub resurfaced after losing contact. OceanGate waived a rule to allow her 17-year-old daughter on the mothership. The Titan sub imploded during an expedition to the Titanic's wreckage, resulting in the deaths of five passengers. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating the incident.
OceanGate reportedly informed Christine Dawood, whose husband and son died on the Titan sub, that communication with the sub was often patchy. Dawood said she was looking out on the ocean in case the sub resurfaced after losing contact. OceanGate waived a rule to allow her 17-year-old daughter on the mothership. The Titan sub imploded during an expedition to the Titanic's wreckage, resulting in the deaths of five passengers. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating the incident.