NASA saved Voyager 1 by patching its code 15 billion miles away
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Voyager 1, the farthest human-made object from Earth, stopped making sense in late 2023. A software bug left it sending back nonsense data, and NASA had to debug a spacecraft from 15 billion miles away, with 1970s technology.
So how do you fix a problem when you can’t physically touch the machine?
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
01:37 The Making of Voyager
11:47 The Bug that Broke Voyager
13:44 Fixing a Bug 15 Billion Miles Away
#space #softwareengineer #nasa