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NASA’s Voyager 2 probe receives first commands since March, sends back a hello – CNET
We haven’t been able to talk to Voyager 2 since before the pandemic.
The Voyager 2 probe is some 11.6 billion miles from home but it’s still performing its job admirably.
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The Voyager 2 probe, one of NASA’s most well-traveled spacecraft, has been unable to communicate with Earth for the past eight months. Voyager 2 has been wandering alone at the edge of interstellar space, gathering data some 11.6 billion miles from Earth and sending it back to us.
But we haven’t been able to pick up the phone and call back.
The only radio antenna that can communicate…
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