A few months ago I was worrying about Voyager I's incredible run maybe coming to en end, but just now ta-DA! It's back beyotches:
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is conducting normal science operations for the first time following a technical issue that arose in November 2023.
Yasssssss!! And don't forget WE NEED A MOVIE ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE PIECE OF MAGIC, DAMMIT!
Of course this is somewhat tempered by the current news on the Hubble Telescope:
The agency announced June 4 that one of three remaining gyros used to control pointing of the telescope had failed and could not be restored. The telescope had been out of service since that gyro failed May 24 after several previous cases where the gyro malfunctioned but was put back into service.
“After completing a series of tests and carefully considering our options, we have made the decision that we will transition Hubble to operate using only one of its three remaining gyros,” Mark Clampin, director of NASA’s astrophysics division, said in a call with reporters.Let's raise a few Xmastime goblets and hope we hear Hubble news as good as the Voyager I news really soon.
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