CNN —The Voyager mission team at NASA has been able to detect a signal from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the spacecraft, which has been operating for nearly 46 years.
One radio antenna is located at Goldstone near Barstow, California, the second near Madrid, and the third near Canberra, Australia.
“We are now generating a new command to attempt to point the spacecraft antenna toward Earth,” Dodd said.
Along the way, both Voyager 1 and 2 have encountered unexpected issues and dropouts, including a seven-month period where Voyager 2 and the Deep Space Network couldn’t communicate in 2020.
Meanwhile, Voyager 1, which is nearly 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth, continues to operate as expected and communicate with the Deep Space Network.
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Pasadena , California, Goldstone, Barstow , California, Madrid, Canberra, Australia