Pic of Voyager 1 Schematic of Voyager data and telecom subsystems

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1. AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 21:20:20 UTC AkaSci 🛰️

   The venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft is experiencing another glitch. Instead of sending science and engg. data, it is sending a 0101 bit pattern.

   The problem has been narrowed down to the flight data system (FDS), which is not communicating properly with the telecom unit (TMU). A reboot did not help.

   Stay tuned as NASA engrs work out a fix for this 1970's era computer, which has performed magnificently during its long 46-year journey to the planets and to outer space.
   https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/
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