Voyager 1, the first craft to enter interstellar space, may have ceased communication, sparking concerns among NASA mission controllers. Launched 46 years, 06 months, 02 days, 16 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds ago, Voyager 1 has been a testament to humanity's reach into the cosmos, flying by Jupiter and Saturn and sending back inspiring images, including the iconic 'Pale Blue Dot'. Despite expectations for the spacecraft to last a billion years, it hasn't sent usable data back to Earth in months.
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The 46-year-old probe, which flew by Jupiter and Saturn in its youth and inspired earthlings with images of the planet as a “Pale Blue Dot,” hasn’t sent usable data from interstellar space in months. https://t.co/UqGYr708uS
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The oldest continuously running computer has been on for: 46 years, 06 months, 02 days, 16 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds. It is also the furthest computer humanity has cast into the darkest of the night. It is our one last testimony that: We Were Here. Read more… https://t.co/ySG5xQxxmd https://t.co/UXZQOqfBKV
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