NASA’s Voyager 1, a 47-year-old spacecraft, reestablished contact with Earth on October 24 using a radio transmitter from 1981 after a technical issue caused a temporary communication blackout. Launched in September 1977, Voyager 1 has traveled 15 billion miles from Earth, sending data back despite limited power, thanks to strategic shutdowns of non-essential components. As …

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