All four of the Deep Space Probe's science instruments are already transmitting data.
It has been nearly 47 years since the first instrument of NASA's Voyager program was launched in September 1977. Initially, Voyager-1's mission was to collect data on the two neighboring gas giants by approaching Saturn and Jupiter, but after completing its original mission, it continued toward the limit. The outer solar system, according to the goal of controlling Earth.
The legendary device, as confirmed by later transmitted data, has been in interstellar space since August 2012. The probe, which continuously travels at a speed of 61 thousand kilometers per hour, is currently about 24 billion kilometers from the Sun, so it rightfully deserves the title of the man-made object that It moves to the furthest distance from Earth.
NASA recently issued a statement saying all four of Voyager-1's science instruments are sending data back. This means that the agency will once again receive instrument readings of plasma waves, magnetic fields and particles in space.
This came at the right time, as data transfer has been suspended since last November. The repair was a major problem, as specialists working on the project had to wait 45 hours at a time for feedback from the probe. In April, the agency was able to get Voyager 1 to start sending back status information about its work.
The spacecraft is now performing various scientific operations, and NASA specialists must reset the timing software and perform other maintenance operations on a relatively rarely used digital recording device. That's not bad performance for a probe that has been in continuous operation for 47 years.
