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‘Humanity’s spacecraft’ Voyager 1 is back online and still exploring

After five months of glitching, the spacecraft is talking to Earth again from interstellar space

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is illustrated against and blue starry background.

The Voyager 1 spacecraft (illustrated) is back online after a few months of transmitting garbled data. It’s now poised to continue its exploration of interstellar space.

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By Ramin Skibba

After months of challenging trouble-shooting and suspenseful waiting, Voyager 1 is once again talking to Earth.

The aging NASA spacecraft, about 24 billion kilometers from home, began transmitting garbled data in November.