"NASA's Voyager Spacecraft Receive Long-Distance Software Updates for Interstellar Journey"
NASA's Voyager team has implemented modifications to the thrusters and introduced a software patch to prolong the interstellar journey of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft. The thrusters, responsible for keeping the antennas pointed towards Earth, had accumulated fuel residue, posing a threat to the smooth operation of the probes. The modifications allow the spacecraft to move farther in each direction, delaying complete clogging of the thruster tubes for at least another five years. Additionally, a software patch will address a glitch in Voyager 1's onboard computer, ensuring that garbled status reports do not recur. The patch will be tested on Voyager 2 first before being uploaded to Voyager 1.