ALIVE AGAIN! NASA Engineers Bring Voyager 1 Back to Life After 47 Years in Space

[@vachikyadegarian1403]

Kudos to JPL Engineers.Thank you for solving these complications as we are eagerly following voyagers journey through the outer solar system.Thank you.

[@bluemoon-20]

Excellent update on Voyager 1. I have an insatiable appetite for all things Voyager. And winning lottery numbers.

[@Dudleymiddleton]

I vaguely remember it launching in 1977 as a kid, to realise its still out there today in 2024 still going! The human mind in collaboration is an extremely powerful entity. Well done to those who tweaked those systems!

[@SpeedCam8]

is striking, highlighting the surprising revival of Voyager 1 and showcasing NASA engineers' persistence and ingenuity over decades.

[@mrjimjimjimmyjim9824]

its actually jpl not nasa

[@DT__1]

That thing drifted for millions of miles nonstop without going of track being literally blind. How about that. And nearly 50 years later reaching unimaginable distances he still knows where is home 😊 a true masterpiece of all.

[@RalphGranata]

Stunning achievements in exploration and ingenuity,

[@AmericanShia786]

I was 17 when Voyager 1 was first launched. I never dreamed the spacecraft would still be doing science almost 50 years later!

[@wishgodgirl1903]

@@AmericanShia786 I know, Right? I was 19, now 65 and still in Awe they are still active and the furthest from earth…😳 in 1977 the year 2000 seemed like forever away and now it’s 2024 and voyagers are still alive and so am I. Amazing!

[@skyedog24]

I remember folding newspapers one day and reading about this when I was 12 I had a paper route. 76-77

[@rexfaucher9773]

You've probably come farther from your paper route than NASA has, and have something to show for it,all the best......RF

[@mrjimjimjimmyjim9824]

i remember when i was about 8 my dad telling me about the voyagers

[@stevie65able]

Same age as you. I remember the excitement when these launched. Crazy to think at age 59 I am still able to hear about Voyagers progress.

[@fredwood1490]

Sail on, little Voyager forever lies before you and never again to touch the sands of Earth. For beyond the stars you are aimed and beyond the time of men you will roam ambassador, messenger and memorial. In the lonely, lonely night of the perpetual journey your still, small voice still rings out till silence takes you and only your corpse continues to tell the story of what visionaries we, the Humans once were.

[@joedellinger9437]

In the year 3,500 it will be hanging in a museum on Earth…

[@ximalas]

​​@@joedellinger9437 Why bring it back? Why not let it roam the galaxy carrying the message we existed?

[@regkane-Pluvis]

lovely,

[@crazyaces4042]

I absolutely LOVE this! Thank you. When I die I'd love to be put into space like the Voyagers and just go and go and go... my fantasy..

[@sailordude2094]

its not that little, probably the size of a car!

[@MountbattenMusicVideos]

That's all well and good. On September 5, 1977, Voyager 1 was launched into space, almost 9 years after I unconsciously composed my first piece of music as a three-year-old boy; and I still play my first synthesizers, which I had for a few years in 1977, in my home recording studio today, because they still work like new today and still sound good. Back then in the late 1960s and 1970s, technical devices and machines were built better and more robustly. Today's manufactured machines and probes probably won't work for that long.

[@casard5235]

Good work, crew🎉

[@coweatsman]

This is 1970s tech still working. I doubt if any tech of the 2020s will be so enduring.

[@bluemoon-20]

Are you referring to 2020s tech conking out almost 50 years from now, or in the present day?

[@coweatsman]

@@bluemoon-20 Before 50 years.

[@bluemoon-20]

@coweatsman I know that online sarcasm often gets lost in translation. I was trying to convey the idea that today's quality of goods would never hold up even in the present, let alone decades from now. The drawbacks of online conversations...

[@rexfaucher9773]

NASA can't get 2 people to the flying garbage can and bring them back , maybe taxpayers need to pay billions more?.....RF

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

Totally agree!

[@VincentJayapaul]

Thank you.very gret.,47.yrars..but.still.revolving,,astonishingly great/my, prayers for its better integrated thrusters, /

[@EUGENETHEODORELEE]

I hope that NASA will turn on voyager 1 camera to take a single photo to commemorate the 50th anniversary of voyager 1

[@mrjimjimjimmyjim9824]

not likely, doing so would likely shut it down completely due to power constraints

[@waingro5834]

@@EUGENETHEODORELEE unable to take photos. The light bulb un your fridge consumes more power. Yes, it would shut down voyager if its even possible to snap a photo. It doesnt have power so i doubt it.

[@edhart9409]

We need to send hundreds of the most high tech probes in all directions. Keep watching the sky..👽

[@unnamedchannel1237]

These types of probs are not really going to give us much these days if they were launched . The telescope technology has developed so much it can do much more than what these probs can do and at a faster rate .

[@CrampedGrampy]

A remarkable achievement, a credit to the dedicated engineers and support staff. BRAVO!

[@aundrewright7362]

Nuclear power is very underrated ❤

[@davedammitt7691]

I'm a retired NASA engineer who retired in 2015. I absolutely love what they've been able to do.

[@theannecrossett7761]

Well done JPL Engineers and thank you!

[@bcgrittner]

Bad gas. But, seriously, the fixes that the JPL engineers have devised over the years are pure genius. My hat is off to them.

[@wind28631]

A brief summary of information received and processed would be of interest to me.

[@robertmetzger6467]

Yeah Right !? I Could Swear I have seen someone else's Video just like this one, way before this one ! No Data Neither.

[@hankakah4180]

This proves that our kids need to be taught and educated for what is sorely missing in our education system. Too many smart kids are being left without, who knows how many geniuses we are losing. It' not just a matter of this generation, but continuing education. Our kids are our future, and like this proves is that what started as when a lot of kids who are now past 50, that we need technicians and those who understand our math, sciences and technology that makes us one of the best countries on earth. We should not have to worry about funding our schools and educating our kids, that should be foremost. Enough of the peer pressure, the bullying, the lack of funding, we need to move forward with our brightest engineers. All of this is NOT possible with uneducated kids playing their phones and video games. Congrats to NASA and the Engineers that made this possible and who can still figure things out 50 years later. If you can send something into space, if you can't keep in touch with it, you just sent a tin can.

[@timhague882]

@@hankakah4180 very true, I volunteer at a technical museum, I’m really disappointed how little science and technology is taught at school these days, recently I had some children into the museum, none of them had ever seen a magnet!, and they were around12 years old!

[@scooterss2112]

Who do you think is still communicating with that probe. The people who built it are mostly dead. Its the damn kids.

[@JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke]

I remember reading about this mission in the newspaper years before they launched the two voyager probes. It's been an awesome ride and I feel blessed to have been able to witness the highlights over the years. It will be a sad day when they stop working/sending data back to us.

[@rexfaucher9773]

What highlights?....RF

[@wapartist]

That’s amazing 1977 technology can still be used today. Even as high tech as it was new.

[@Dogsnark]

What scientific information is being sent back by Voyager? A summary of this would be very interesting.

[@mrmullett1067]

It's all on the internet.

[@ximalas]

The plasma instruments recording the state of the interstellar medium.

[@rickjensen1636]

And how long it takes for the signals to go that distance, no way we're talking to it in "realtime" I'd be interested to know what the delay is. 🤔

[@ximalas]

@@rickjensen1636 science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/where-are-they-now/

[@DanDolme]

@@rickjensen1636 Im pretty sure the video said 2,5hours for the signal to reach earth

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

Radio waves never fail to amaze me in their abilty to travel such distances.🤔 When I was installing all of the Wi-Fi in a local school district, I would find very strong signals in far distances from some radios, that were in a very small area of space like a particular parking space hundred of yards away, yet were a real pain to see in the next room over. I just figured it was bouncing off that very solid brick and thru a window.?😁

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

What about light? It travels really, really far.😊

[@timhague882]

@@Mostopinionatedmanofalltimelight is a type of radio signal. Radio waves travel at the speed of light

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

@@timhague882 Oh, okay. I didn’t know that. 😁

[@prouddaughterpublishing]

It's the new Energizer Bunny!

[@Jammyhorse]

Wow…

[@callyman]

Im really impressed by the whole Voyager team at Nasa however the initial engineers who designed and built Voyager to survive this long impress me the most. Any Voyager follower i believe wood have to agree when i say its past time we sent out an updated model. Given the time and labour it takes to build these things i doubt it could be in time to commenerate its 50th anniversary it would be nice.

[@timbrown8038]

It probably looks like one of those old suitcases with all the foreign destination stickers.😃

[@PullaiahPaladugu-l9l]

A radio signal coming from a distance of 27.5 hrs from outerspace is really un imaginable.Following the developments keenly since1977.

[@FandersonUfo]

bravo JPL

[@andrewprettyquick2070]

Godspeed fairlady.

[@gilsonfelix3415]

Always curious, be sure

[@wanderingquestions7501]

It would be nice to know what data it’s sending back

[@QMorrissey]

Wow, fantastic.

[@peerpede-p.]

I am surely impressed, well done work NASA.

[@The_Radical-Squadron]

If Voyager 1 supposed to the furthest object from Earth, What about Pioneer 10 (March 3, 1972) and (April 6, 1973) 11? Both were launched before Voyager 1 and 2. What are Pioneer 10 and 11 current position?

[@nikianderson2847]

Voyager 1 is 24,637,687,166.2 km from Earth Pioneer 10 is 20,466,190,525.3 km from Earth Pioneer 11 is 16,867,496,963.3 km from Earth

[@dumaguetedreamer]

The new record was made by a Russian T-72 tank gun turret that sped by Voyager in May 2024.

[@coweatsman]

@@nikianderson2847 At this distance it might make sense to talk about light hours distance than km, about 1 billion km = an hour.

[@paulpaulsen7777]

Voyager 1 made several slingshot flybys to gain this velocity. That's why it's so fast

[@The_Radical-Squadron]

@@paulpaulsen7777 That does indeed makes sense.

[@ebenezergarbrah5255]

Doff my hat to the 1970 software engineers who have given us options in repairing this spacecraft. Just hope our 2024 engineers are learning from the superb redundancies in voyager I.

[@toboldygo5823]

This is a can-do attitude that this country once had to build a machine that works in outer space for more than 50 years and counting👍🏻

[@stevebloomer7027]

It's travelling at 17km a second. Mind-blowing. They should bring it home for repairs and an oil change.

[@andrewprettyquick2070]

How it hasn't been hit by micrometeorites is a miracle. I have emotion for Voyager.

[@timdulle5189]

Sweet

[@sailordude2094]

Then Voyager met the other and became V'Ger. And that's when Star Trek comes in.

[@frankcherry3810]

Wonder why no New ‘Voyagers’ have not been launched? Hats Off to NASA

[@Gnohm23]

Hi, great video! I have a question, if Voyager 1 was misaligned with Earth, how does it receive messages for it to realign itself? At that distance, wouldn’t just a fraction off cause it to not be able to communicate with Earth? Thanks!

[@jandejong2430]

I might guess: misalignment not too bad, and strong transmitter on earth.

[@Risad]

I'm curious, has there been any discussion for another probe to take over for Voyager 1 possibly before it's inevitable shutdown?

[@smalluniverse1]

Space ✨

[@mrjimjimjimmyjim9824]

what fuel is it using in its thrusters to do this? i thought it had none left?

[@ChloekabanOfficial]

Liquid hydrazine, I think.

[@michaelburbank2276]

It was never dead

[@michaeldeiss5195]

Pioneer missions are offline

[@cruzin6123]

It's a good thing Boeing didn't provide the thrusters.

[@docstranger1601]

I understand the concept of how vast and empty space is but I wonder how high of a level of luck is involved that in 47 years it hasn't run into anything else... like nothing has crossed each other's path and been damaged.

[@jacobgaming2423]

Hi

[@rowansandison4162]

Confusing They lost comms but were able to switch on heaters and thrusters?

[@ChloekabanOfficial]

The communications issues lasted from November 2023 to about May-ish 2024. The team switched thrusters in August, after Voyager 1's normal operations were restored.

[@johnharrison2466]

I was 9 when I witnessed that rocket take off they can't build anything like that today,heck we are are having issues trying to get back to the moon

[@crazyforcanada]

InTerstellar, there's a T in it, not "innerstellar".

[@24roca88]

Interesting how Nasa control a 50 years old gadget remotley from an incredible distance in vast space

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

VGER.😊

[@fr57ujf]

Voyager's primary thrusters began to fail so engineers warmed up the backup thrusters and began using them instead.

[@rohnkd4hct260]

We really got our moneys worth with this bird.

[@mr.d3954]

If anybody ask me why I complain about my cell phone coverage, I like to bring up Voyager 1 and our communications with it and what year it was launched and how many years that was before cell phones.

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

I bet they couldn't make a spacecraft that would last that long today.

[@rexfaucher9773]

It is a good thing NASA did not need send humans to make the repairs...RF

[@grazynazambeanie5963]

Mmmm Voyager trusters still work after 47 years in space , Boeing 18% of truster never worked right from the get go . Does that mean Boeing is at least 47 years behind the times ? Your darned right they are

[@GymChess]

@@grazynazambeanie5963 In sci-fi everything is possible.

[@Spiritofthewild-d9o]

Back in the 70's NASA should have put like 1000 satellites into space all over with 2 m60 machineguns with 100 rds each and like 4 law rockets on each one with a gyroscopic anti recoil mechanism...then if needed later they are out there...im picturing a trail of spent casings and belt floating in space,little casings twirling around🤣

[@ePCAYT]

24.5 billion km (not 36M Km as shown in the video)... 36 Km would be 1/5 the distance to the Sun... Hardly worth talking about in this context.

[@dennisbailey6067]

V..ger.

[@cjlarge420]

🤩

[@JJONNYREPP]

ALIVE AGAIN! NASA Engineers Bring Voyager 1 Back to Life After 47 Years in Space 0940am 3.10.24 akin to old doddery pensioners, they're still a valuable source of information, should you care to listen to them....

[@ertreri]

go NASA go voyager 1. One day NASa will have a spacecraft to pick this one out of lonely space and put it into a museum.

[@wbiro]

Every blip and bleep counts...

[@electrofly23]

36,000,000 km??? the sun is almost 150,000,000 km from earth.

[@andreypopov6958]

it’s unclear, if it transmits valuable information, why not send a new, most advanced satellite there

[@mikehall3074]

What clogs up the thrusters🤔 space dust 🤨🙃

[@user-fr3vo4hl2d]

@@mikehall3074 Fuel residue which has built up in the nozzels. Think about the injector ports on an automobile engine.

[@ChloekabanOfficial]

Silicon dioxide.

[@genefisher-iy6xd]

God made time and men made watches.

[@jonnycaparida2381]

🙏💖💖🌹🙏🙏🙏

[@AcmePotatoPackingPocatello]

Bill Nelson the 81 year old NASA Chief finally woke up...wow

[@rexfaucher9773]

Bill Nelson wouldn't wake up if VOYAGER landed on him...RF

[@stephenhicks826]

The repetitive narration made this potentially interesting video irritating. Perhaps the producers of this could take some of the care and precision that is a characteristic of JPL.

[@EnyawYorlig]

The Sun isc150M K so your 36M seems puny.

[@mikehall3074]

So if NASA made cell phones, Apple would be out of business🎉😁🙃

[@miggle1875]

Motorola was the company used to make the communication equipment on the moon landings and many space missions. I only buy Motorola phones, better than apple and affordable!

[@mykelevangelista6492]

Alternatively, thank goodness Apple don't make spacecraft!

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

The title makes me think it's been offline for 47 years.. 🤔 AI sucks

[@tomholroyd7519]

0:30 AI voice is distracting

[@Cryptidfinder]

🐟🐟🐟🐟ishy 😂👍🙌🏻wow four sets of thrusters must be running on fish oil i can smell it from here 😂and where is the fuel tanks or dose it use fish oil capsule 😂 never actually says anything but 🐂💩 NASABBS I bet it’s got some Klingons on its starboard bow by now too 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@user-fr3vo4hl2d]

@@Cryptidfinder Perhaps you should take some time to research what you are talking about as opposed to making up snarkey comments to post based on your lack of knowledge.

[@ChloekabanOfficial]

They're fueled by liquid hydrazine.

[@harryjones5260]

but it won't have any info to send for 40,000 years anyway til it hits the next solar system in its course

[@rodevans602]

Two misspeaks (at least) in the first 1:20 of computer speak. Unwatchable! Doesn’t NASA have a human being who can read a script?

[@ChloekabanOfficial]

Despite their channel name, NASASpaceNews is not actually affiliated with the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA).

[@InfinityOwO]

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[@petakarini7567]

one word 2 syllables" BULLSHIT" !!!

[@user-fr3vo4hl2d]

@@petakarini7567 And your opinion is based on what? Did you at least attempt to look up the information so you had some idea of what you are talking about?

[@petakarini7567]

@@user-fr3vo4hl2d because its run by NASA,the agency that stolen 100,s of billions of taxpayers hard earned money to commit Fraud,.no voyager, no mars rover,no sattellies,no iss its ALL FRAUD,.

[@petakarini7567]

@@user-fr3vo4hl2d The fact of the matter is NASA like everything else is Fake,. They didnt go to the moon ,and we know they didnt its all Fraud, billions of taxpayers hard earned money nearly 25 billion every year for what,,. Of all the billions they have spent of the taxpayers money not one ounz of it has benefitted the American people its time you woke up to the fraud,.

[@Taliban.The.Hyperpower]

Ah, lying again 😂 like in the 1960s. Classic 😂

[@Shiro_dono]

Explain

[@Taliban.The.Hyperpower]

@@Shiro_dono NASA is agency used to launder money amongst elite & certain officials also propaganda center

[@Amradar123]

Why? Explain. All true.

[@jamielacourse7578]

The country's falling to pieces and people are hungry and homeless but thats ok........y'all have fun with your shiny toys.

[@Crantock-l1v]

Nobody do anything, lets all solve what this guy thinks is important..just stop, he's far more important than anybody else on Earth, he can see all and knows all.

[@czarcastic1458]

Surely people aren't going to believe this are they? The vacuum of space and constant radiation would have tanked this thing also the batteries would be outgassed and frozen and it would be out of fuel by now or it would have frozen solid.

[@coweatsman]

What are your ideas? The craft has power for as long as radioactivity is sufficient. One day it will cease to be but at the moment it is operating with reduced instrument use.

[@callen8908]

The battery is an RTG and the spacecraft components are radiation hardened

[@czarcastic1458]

@@callen8908 Hardened how? The battery is not a nuclear battery. You have no clue how physics works.

[@czarcastic1458]

@@coweatsman It would be toast by now. Burned out. Out of fuel .

[@Shiro_dono]

@@czarcastic1458But it’s still going. That’s reality, just how you don’t know what you’re talking about and are a nobody is also reality.

[@derekrowe6890]

What if they are just lying? All they would have to do is show us a screen with the projected path. They probably lost communication with these things 30yrs ago. I can barely stay connected to my wifi when I’m on my phone on the bathroom.

[@Crantock-l1v]

This has all the makings of yet another conspiracy theory for the idiots of the world, lol.

[@user-fr3vo4hl2d]

@@derekrowe6890 What reason would NASA have to lie about this?

[@derekrowe6890]

@@user-fr3vo4hl2d space cred. And to get laid.

[@derekrowe6890]

@@user-fr3vo4hl2d space cred and to get laid.