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NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after weeks of silence from interstellar space

Headline from NBC10 Philadelphia, on the newest of 2 developments

NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft is back in contact again, after flight controllers corrected a mistake that had led to weeks of silence.

NBC10 Philadelphia's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. NASA Loses Contact With Voyager 2 After Commands Misdirect Probe

    Headline from Science Alert ·

  2. Newest

    NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after weeks of silence from interstellar space

    Headline from NBC10 Philadelphia ·

3 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

23 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC News

    NASA listens for Voyager 2 spacecraft after wrong command cuts contact (opens NBC News)

    Published

    NBC News's feed description

    Hurtling ever deeper into interstellar space, Voyager 2 has been out of touch ever since flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command more than a week ago that tilted its antenna away from Earth.

  2. Science Alert

    NASA Loses Contact With Voyager 2 After Commands Misdirect Probe (opens Science Alert)

    Published

    Science Alert's feed description

    It's every space mission's nightmare: losing contact with the spacecraft.

  3. The Week

  4. Insider

    NASA accidentally lost contact with its Voyager 2 probe after sending a wrong command. It could mean the end of its 46-year-old mission. (opens Insider)

    Published

    Insider's feed description

    NASA said it "inadvertently" lost contact with its probe Voyager 2 over a week ago. The probe is hurtling through space 12 billion miles from Earth.

  5. UPI

    Contact with NASA's Voyager 2 probe severed by technical glitch (opens UPI)

    Published

    UPI's feed description

    Communications with the far-flung Voyager 2 space probe have been temporarily severed due to unintended consequences resulting from routine commands, NASA says.

  6. NPR

    NASA loses contact with Voyager Two after a programming error on Earth (opens NPR)

    Published

    NPR's feed description

    NASA recently lost contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Suzanne Dodd, project manager for the Voyager Interstellar mission, about what happened.

  7. WFMZ Allentown

    NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistake led to weeks of silence (opens WFMZ Allentown)

    Published

    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft is back in contact again, after flight controllers corrected a mistake that had led to weeks of silence. Hurtling ever deeper into interstellar space billions of

  8. NBC10 Philadelphia

    NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after weeks of silence from interstellar space (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

    Published

    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft is back in contact again, after flight controllers corrected a mistake that had led to weeks of silence.

  9. Fox News

    NASA reestablishes contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after weeks of silence (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    After weeks of silence following a mistake, NASA scientists say they've restored full communications with the agency's Voyager 2 spacecraft, located billions of miles away.

  10. The Week

  11. The Columbian

    After two weeks, NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft (opens The Columbian)

    Published

    The Columbian's feed description

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft was back chatting it up Friday after flight controllers corrected a mistake that had led to weeks of silence.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.