It's Alive! Voyager 1 Has Sent a Message From Interstellar Space

NASA has finally received a message from interstellar space in a way that makes sense. "Hi, It's me!" This is exactly what NASA’s official Voyager account tweeted a few days back to celebrate Voyager 1’s comeback. Considering everything that has happened in the past five months, this is nothing short of a triumph to be celebrated.

At 15 billion miles away, Voyager 1 holds the title of the farthest human-made object in space. The spacecraft has been traveling for nearly half a century now. However, due to a glitch that led to a chain of confusing communication patterns, the last five months have been very stressful in the spacecraft's history.

But what exactly was the glitch that took so long to fix? Why didn’t the traditional strategy of turning it on and off work? Finally, and most importantly, is the issue completely resolved, or is there something else that needs to be addressed?

🎼 Music: Envato Elements, and MotionElements
🎥 Footage: Envato Elements, StoryBlocks, NASA, ESA, and Pond5

💻 Created and Produced by: Rishabh Nakra
✍🏻 Written by: Simran Buttar
🎙️ Narrated by: Jeffrey Smith
🌌 Animated by: Sankalp Dash

[rquest]

I was 17 years old when the voyagers were launched, and I never thought they would still be sending data back to earth at 64. Excellent that you're keeping the old systems working.

[s_irius]

A tireless explorer, defying the odds with every passing year. A testament to the enduring power of our quest to explore. Voyager shows true human resilience .Glad im here to witness part of its long journey

[geoffschulz]

The data recorder on Voyager 1 (and 2) was designed by my father and his company, Odetics. It is currently turned off to save power, but is still functional.

[SunilKumar-monm]

It's just mind-blowing how people can fix a problem so far away, on a machine so old. It's very hard to fathom.❤

[jaybrown]

It is truly amazing that some people are smart enough to perform fixes like this to a system 15 billion miles away and nearly 50 years old!

[explorer.samrat]

Voyager 1 is redefining the phrase "Beyond Expectations".😊❤

[mclovin]

Rewriting someone's 50 year old custom computer code is the closest you'll get to reading a ghost's mind

[wkckwwt]

I was a senior in high school when this thing left the earth. I'm 65 now and am absolutely amazed that it still works! Sometimes we just get lucky and have great minds among us who do it right! Also reminds me that I should have studied more in high school

[kingcosworth]

The fact it's so simple (not at the time) is why it's so robust

[jeffdunnell]

I’m always looking for something about the voyager 1&2, m wife built the central scientific control module for both craft, she passed in 2020, her legacy is traveling the cosmos.

[maxwellsmart]

I'm very impressed with this video and the NASA engineers who fixed the problem. I started programming in the late 70's on PDP11-34 and understand what these
original programmers went through to get this code up and running. Programming was an art back then when you had limited memory and computing power.

[gavinremillard]

bro voyager 1 practically showed us everything in the world💀amazing how that technology is working after much time and in such conditions. it’s truly a work of art.

[iflarnted]

" Hi, it's me. Bringing back friends ". Oh oh.

[turdwarbler]

Voyager 1 and 2 demonstrate just how fucking great the NASA engineers were 50 yeras aog. Outstanding.

[pegasusted]

Crazy that they have been able to sort the problem like that. However, I think more of the praise should rest with the creators of it (Voyager) and its systems. Not only to still be doing the same job fifty years later, given all the radiation and stuff it has had to cope with, but that they designed its systems in such a way as to make this sort of repair possible now. :~)

[BuckScrotumn]

I like to think that in the distant future there will be interstellar satellite repair stations scattered throughout the galaxy just like car maintenance shops on Earth.

I just love the idea of a greasy mechanic in overalls smoking a cigarette and typing up the invoice from his lonely space station to be transmitted back to earth, reading “I replaced her antiquated hardware with state-of-the-art technology, repaired her dented-up chassis from all the space debris, and slapped a fresh coat of paint on her for good measure. Voyager 1 is ready for another 15 billion miles.”

[mitalimukherjee]

Voyager 1 has the attachment with our Earth so deep...it can't stay without talking to us ❤

[annm]

This happy news about Voyager is exciting, fascinating and encouraging all at once. I was 16 when Voyager set out on its mission and I'm so glad to be able to follow its progress this many years later! Thank you! ✨💫

[schtinerbock]

I work for the federal government and our local I.T. Department can’t fix the simplest of problems here. Can’t imagine how smart these guys were to fix a computer 15 billion miles away.

[jasonh]

I just passed 50yrs weeks ago. I remember hearing about an update of progress on tv from then I was hooked.