NASA engineers are investigating a mysterious issue with Voyager 1, which has been traveling through space for almost 45 years.
, along with Voyager 2. The second probe hasn’t recorded any issues and is still operating as expected. And, for the most part, so is Voyager 1. The probe is currently 14.5 billion miles away from Earth.
Because of this distance, it takes two days for messages the team sends to Voyager 1 to arrive at the probe. It’s a delay that the engineers have become accustomed to, though, NASA says. Also, because both probes are out in interstellar space, there’s so much we don’t know about the high radiation that could be causing issues for the probe.
Suzanne Dodd, a project manager for Voyager 1 and 2 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said that it’s possible the team won’t find the source of the issue. Instead, they may simply adapt to work with the anomaly. After all, both the probes have been running much longer than they were designed to. As such, every day is another chance to gather vital information about this unexplored region of space.Josh Hawkins fell in love with writing and technology at a young age.
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Voyager 1 glitch? NASA working to understand strange data from venerable probeMeghan is a senior writer at Space.com and has more than five years' experience as a science journalist based in New York City. She joined Space.com in July 2018, with previous writing published in outlets including Newsweek and Audubon. Meghan earned an MA in science journalism from New York University and a BA in classics from Georgetown University, and in her free time she enjoys reading and visiting museums. Follow her on Twitter at meghanbartels.
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