NASA Loses Contact with Voyager 2 after sending Wrong Commands
NASA lost contact with Voyager 2 on July 21, 2023, after the spacecraft received a wrong command. The command caused Voyager 2’s antenna to tilt away from Earth, making it impossible for the spacecraft to communicate with mission control.
Voyager 2 is a space probe that was launched in 1977. It is the second of two Voyager spacecraft to have been sent into interstellar space. The spacecraft is currently about 19 billion miles from Earth.
NASA engineers are working to restore contact with Voyager 2. They believe that the spacecraft is still operational, but they need to be able to get the antenna back into position so that they can communicate with it.
The wrong command was sent by a ground controller at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. The controller was attempting to update Voyager 2’s software, but they accidentally sent a command that caused the antenna to tilt.
NASA is taking steps to prevent this from happening again. They are updating the software that is used to control Voyager 2, and they are also adding additional safeguards to the command system.
The loss of contact with Voyager 2 is a setback, but NASA is confident that they will be able to restore communication with the spacecraft. Voyager 2 is a valuable asset, and NASA is committed to keeping it operational for as long as possible.
Here are some additional details about the incident:
- The wrong command was sent on July 21, 2023.
- The command caused Voyager 2’s antenna to tilt two degrees away from Earth.
- NASA engineers are working to restore contact with Voyager 2.
- They believe that the spacecraft is still operational.
- They are taking steps to prevent this from happening again.