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The first interstellar software update: The hack that saved Voyager 1 [video]

An excellent video from Scott Manley about last year's fix of the Voyager 1 computer. Not related to the recent thruster fix.

Original title "The First Interstellar Software Update - The Insane Hack That Saved Voyager 1"; this combined with the [video] tag was too long, so I removed the "number + adjective" in accordance with the HN guidelines.

5 months agodaemonologist

See related:

- from David Cummings at JPL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43732632

- from Bruce Waggoner at JPL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42385393

- Ars article from the time of the fix: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40155293

- CNN article from when communication was lost: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38640900

5 months agodaemonologist

Thanks! Macroexpanded:

We Diagnosed and Fixed the 2023 Voyager 1 Anomaly from 15B Miles Away [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43732632 - April 2025 (18 comments)

Saving Voyager 1 [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42385393 - Dec 2024 (13 comments)

How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 from 15B Miles Away - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40155293 - April 2024 (56 comments)

Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38640900 - Dec 2023 (608 comments)