Voyager 2: NASA loses contact with probe. See what happened

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NASA revealed that Voyager 2, which has been exploring the universe since 1977, lost contact after receiving a wrong command. The probe is expected to reset in October, possibly resuming communication.

Voyager 2, which is located over 12.3 billion miles away from Earth, mistakenly tilted its antenna two degrees away from our planet last month, resulting in the halt of data transmission and reception of commands with NASA's Deep Space Network.

Despite the communication loss, NASA remains optimistic about the probe's fate, hoping that the scheduled reset on October 15 will reestablish contact. The space agency's massive dish in Canberra, Australia, is actively scanning for any stray signals from Voyager 2, a process taking more than 18 hours due to the vast distance. In the meantime, Voyager 2 continues its trajectory through interstellar space at a staggering speed of approximately 34,390mph (55,346km/h). The spacecraft, laden with scientific instruments, maintains its planned course while awaiting a potential reconnection.

Voyager 2 and its twin, Voyager 1, hold the distinction of being the only spacecraft to venture beyond the heliosphere, the protective region of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun. Voyager 2 became the first craft to fly by Neptune and Uranus, while Voyager 1 currently resides nearly 15 billion miles away from Earth, making it the farthest human-made object. Both probes capitalized on a rare alignment of outer planets, occurring approximately every 176 years, to explore Jupiter and Saturn. They achieved interstellar space in 2018 and 2012, respectively. With their Golden Records containing sounds,