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Voyager 2 can’t talk to Earth again.
The 45-year-old interstellar probe lost contact after a “routine sequence of commands,” according to Gizmodo. Its antenna currently isn’t facing Earth, which makes it impossible to communicate across the approximately 12.4 billion miles between us. But fortunately, Voyager 2 is programmed to reorient itself toward Earth a few times a year, so we should presumably regain contact in October.
That’s a few months from now, and if NASA regains contact it won’t be the longest we’ve gone without communicating with the probe. That record was established back in 2020 when Voyager 2 went over 8 months without contact during a necessary communications update.
Stay safe out there, little buddy.
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