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Operations at Greek airports were temporarily halted due to radio communication issues at the main air traffic control center, causing delays and diversions, but no cyberattack was involved; some flights resumed later in the day.
Lando Norris explained that he sought more guidance from his race engineer during the Austrian GP to optimize his performance, especially under pressure from Oscar Piastri, utilizing extensive radio communication to manage tire and battery strategies, and applying lessons learned from previous races to regain the lead.
NASA's Voyager 1, the farthest human-made object in space, recently lost communication after its main radio transmitter shut off. At 15.4 billion miles from Earth, the spacecraft's fault protection system turned off the transmitter following a routine command. Engineers managed to re-establish contact using a backup S-band transmitter, unused since 1981. Despite its age and power limitations, Voyager 1 continues its journey through interstellar space, with NASA aiming to keep it operational beyond 2025.
NASA has successfully received laser messages from its Psyche spacecraft, testing Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) to send messages back to Earth. The new system offers better bandwidth speed compared to radio waves, allowing for faster data transmission. By retrofitting radio antennas to do both laser and radio communication, NASA achieved synchronous radio and optical frequency deep space communications for the first time. The hope is to continue testing the system as Psyche travels further into space, potentially enabling more data-intensive transmission from Mars in the future.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the biggest solar flare since 2017, causing two hours of radio interference on Earth. The flare disrupted communication and affected pilots across the United States and other sunlit areas. Scientists are monitoring the sunspot region for a possible coronal mass ejection directed at Earth. The sun is approaching the peak of its 11-year solar cycle, with maximum sunspot activity predicted for 2025.
The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California has once again created a hole in the Earth's ionosphere, resulting in a red aurora-like glow in the night sky. The rocket's exhaust fumes reacted with the ionized gases in the upper layer of the atmosphere, temporarily altering the ionization and creating a hole. This phenomenon can affect radio communication and may lead to anomalies in ham radio transmission or GPS errors. As the number of rocket launches increases, these occurrences are becoming more frequent, and future launches may have a larger impact on the ionosphere.
An off-duty pilot stepped in to help a Southwest Airlines pilot who needed medical attention during a flight. The incident was captured on radio communication.