NASA temporarily lost contact with the Voyager 2 after a mistake in command prompts the antenna to be pointed .2 degrees away from the Earth.
The Voyager 2 is reportedly 12.3 billion miles away from the Earth and has been function through series of commands prompted by its controllers.
The small misalignment to the aerial direction of the spacecraft lead to a loss of communication.
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NASA Reconnects With Voyager 2
In a series of attempt to regain connection with the spacecraft, NASA finally detected a "heartbeat" signal from the probe.
"We enlisted the help of the [Deep Space Network] and Radio Science groups to help to see if we could hear a signal from Voyager 2," Voyager's project manager, Suzanne Dodd, explained.
NASA confirmed that the signal was enough to know that the Voyager 2 is in good health for broadcasting. The next realignment will be on October but until then the Voyager 2 will work in silence.
Voyager 2 Mission
NASA's Voyager 2 was launched into space in 1977 and has been providing various information about the outer solar system.
However, the Voyager 2 is not alone in space as its twin Voyager 1 is still out in space over 15 billion miles away from Earth, gathering data along its long journey.
"You might have heard... Voyager 2 is taking a break from sending data until October. In the meantime, I'm out here, almost 15 billion miles (24 billion km) from Earth and doing fine! - V1," NASA tweeted.
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