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      • NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is conducting normal science operations for the first time following a technical issue that arose in November 2023. The team partially resolved the issue in April when they prompted the spacecraft to begin returning engineering data, which includes information about the health and status of the spacecraft.
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  2. Jun 13, 2024 · NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is conducting normal science operations for the first time following a technical issue that arose in November 2023.

  3. Jun 13, 2024 · Two of the four science instruments returned to their normal operating modes immediately. Two other instruments required some additional work, but now, all four are returning usable science data. The four instruments study plasma waves, magnetic fields, and particles.

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  4. 5 days ago · The team is now working to gather information that will help them figure out what happened and return Voyager 1 to normal operations. Voyagers 1 and 2 have been flying for more than 47 years and are the only two spacecraft to operate in interstellar space.

  5. Jun 14, 2024 · According to NASA’s Thursday news post, mission engineers initiated the second step of the repair on May 19, instructing the spacecraft to begin returning its science data, as well.

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  6. Jun 14, 2024 · NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is fully operational for the first time since November 2023, with all four science instruments returning usable data to Earth.

  7. May 22, 2024 · The plasma wave subsystem and magnetometer instrument are now returning usable science data. As part of the effort to restore Voyager 1 to normal operations, the mission is continuing work on the cosmic ray subsystem and low energy charged particle instrument.

  8. Jun 14, 2024 · NASA’s venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft has resumed normal science operations with all four functioning instruments for the first time in more than six months.

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