I was 17 years old when the voyagers were launched, and I never thought they would still be sending data back to earth at 64. Excellent that you're keeping the old systems working.

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@rquest3059

16 күн бұрын

​@@420glass Yes, very true, a communication relay link.

@CowboyTech

15 күн бұрын

@@rquest3059 I've been thinking the same thing.

@sekimoki3024

15 күн бұрын

64 = C64 (and computer is also named "old fatty" with Basic command "Poke") 😉

@patmayer7222

15 күн бұрын

Hey !,,,,,,,,,,,1960,,,,was a very good year (Sinatra),...great time to be living,.......peace,,,,,land o' lakes,wi.....usa.

A tireless explorer, defying the odds with every passing year. A testament to the enduring power of our quest to explore. Voyager shows true human resilience .Glad im here to witness part of its long journey

@mikkimikki5376

16 күн бұрын

Of course, it's a victory. What else did you expect them to say? 😊

@kendrabodnar3375

16 күн бұрын

Same

@41Vega

16 күн бұрын

Well said…and sames

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@scotttod6954

15 күн бұрын

​@@420glass New horizons launched in 2006 will also end up in interstellar space. It has lots of functionality and hopes to find kuiper belt objects and will start making heliophysic observations in 2025. Think it has enough power to last into 2040 and beyond. It still has fuel to make course changes if it needed to get a closer view of incoming objects.

It's just mind-blowing how people can fix a problem so far away, on a machine so old. It's very hard to fathom.❤

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@ralphiewigs2208

15 күн бұрын

...Just frustrated Fiat mechanics

@harborwolf22

9 күн бұрын

It's literally in interstellar space... Legit almost unfathomable.

The data recorder on Voyager 1 (and 2) was designed by my father and his company, Odetics. It is currently turned off to save power, but is still functional.

@mapleext

14 күн бұрын

Cool!!

@SweetSunrising

14 күн бұрын

Wow!!!❤

@leosunrising

13 күн бұрын

What a legacy in your family!

@bigmona2741

10 күн бұрын

So it’s not recording what it’s observing?

@GeoffMorrisdrive

9 күн бұрын

You must be very proud

Voyager 1 is redefining the phrase "Beyond Expectations".😊❤

@Space30MINUTES

16 күн бұрын

What does that mean sir?

@rawrwata5289

16 күн бұрын

​@Space30MINUTES that's obvious. Voyager 1 wasn't expected to last this long nor was it expected to travel so far and still be able to send signals back to us. They actually thought it was going to die years ago

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@BigBoaby-sg1yo

14 күн бұрын

@@420glass🥸🤷‍♂️

@michaelchamberlain1441

14 күн бұрын

​@@Space30MINUTES it literally means that the spacecraft is unstoppable Will keep going and going indefinitely.

It is truly amazing that some people are smart enough to perform fixes like this to a system 15 billion miles away and nearly 50 years old!

@BigBoaby-sg1yo

14 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@slowery43

14 күн бұрын

thank you Cpt Obvious

@gertjanvandermeij4265

12 күн бұрын

ALL the way from the DELTA quadrant !

@monnoo8221

7 күн бұрын

it is not the distance that is amazing. It is he fact that they deciphered the old manuals, and that the old manuals were written clear enough. The rest is comparatively simple

I remember the launches of both probes back in '77. Amazing how the engineers used the different planets' gravities to slingshot them faster through the solar system.

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo

16 күн бұрын

I was 10 when they launched. I agree that we should have continued to send updated Voyagers at least one per decade.

@michaelpeacestewart

15 күн бұрын

We’re all good capt Kirk will find it for us)

@russellupsumgrub9633

14 күн бұрын

@@420glass The Voyagers took advantage of a rare once every 176 years planetary alignment in order to achieve their mission. That alignment would have to happen again if we wanted to follow the path of the probes. That will next happen in another 129 years. Just off the top of my head that would put Voyager 1 at about 60 billion miles from earth,making a follow-up mission moot.

@TheSimCaptain

13 күн бұрын

It's great how that slingshot action works. The orbital speed of the planet is added to the voyager craft as it passes close to it.

The fact it's so simple (not at the time) is why it's so robust

@skandababy

16 күн бұрын

the fact that your comments contradicts itself (right now) is why it makes such perfect sense...

@Slo-ryde

16 күн бұрын

So true!

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@skandababy

15 күн бұрын

@@wout123100 LOL...whatever you say, Forrest... LOL

@swagatrout3075

3 күн бұрын

Nope, if it had been more complex, current engineers would have had more space to store the code while removing some features that aren't truly necessary today. Complexity doesn't always mean fanciness, but current engineers understand that having too many constraints, even at the storage level, can affect operation. For example, if we were to send a probe for deep space exploration today, we'd need to consider what to include for the next 1,000 years, what the average storage size might be 1,000 years from now, and that would make it sustainable for 100 years. Human development in already advanced fields progresses much faster than anticipated. We could ask why there are no flying cars when they were imagined 100 years ago, but the reality is we might not have developed flying cars, yet we have achieved 1,000 times the computing performance, which no one anticipated because it was an already researched field.

I'm very impressed with this video and the NASA engineers who fixed the problem. I started programming in the late 70's on PDP11-34 and understand what these original programmers went through to get this code up and running. Programming was an art back then when you had limited memory and computing power.

bro voyager 1 practically showed us everything in the world💀amazing how that technology is working after much time and in such conditions. it’s truly a work of art.

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@gavinremillard535

16 күн бұрын

they will reply with “budget costs” because for some odd reason i guess the U.S wants to fund pointless things and politics in exchange for possibly finding out the unknown. we had made extreme advancements only over the last 500 years imagine if we all came together as one and helped and if you think about it 500 years is nothing and we’re alive seeing it all unfold we should care about it much more.

@moviemaker2011z

6 күн бұрын

I consider the voyager probes to be the peak of scientific engineering. Essentially, all modern spacecraft owe their perfection to the original masterpieces of the voyagers.

I was a senior in high school when this thing left the earth. I'm 65 now and am absolutely amazed that it still works! Sometimes we just get lucky and have great minds among us who do it right! Also reminds me that I should have studied more in high school

I’m always looking for something about the voyager 1&2, m wife built the central scientific control module for both craft,she passed in 2020, her legacy is traveling the cosmos.

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

Sorry about your loss. We should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes.

@SweetSunrising

14 күн бұрын

Absolutely! ❤ thank you for sharing this amazing piece of engineering history & legacy she was a major part of

Crazy that they have been able to sort the problem like that. However, I think more of the praise should rest with the creators of it (Voyager) and its systems. Not only to still be doing the same job fifty years later, given all the radiation and stuff it has had to cope with, but that they designed its systems in such a way as to make this sort of repair possible now. :~)

@kathieburchett

16 күн бұрын

Very True.

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

Voyager 1 has the attachment with our Earth so deep...it can't stay without talking to us ❤

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

Just the best thing I heard today

Yay! VGR's still alive 'n kicking!

I just passed 50yrs weeks ago. I remember hearing about an update of progress on tv from then I was hooked.

I work for the federal government and our local I.T. Department can’t fix the simplest of problems here. Can’t imagine how smart these guys were to fix a computer 15 billion miles away.

I was 18 when it was launched! Never imagined a 1200 baud transmitter could even be heard this far away and that is my MSOC in the USAF at the time it was launched

A cousin was my JPL, chief scientist, and the voice that made the Voyager happen in the required 2 years. We had brilliant scientists and engineers back then who did amazing things with antique technology, no microprocessors.

Another mind-blowing fact is Voyager 1 will still be traveling long after the Earth is gone.

@joeljustin

5 күн бұрын

It's crazy that by the time an intelligent life form manages to find this probe, our civilization might have long gone extinct.

@sumangarai758

3 күн бұрын

It have nuclear battery.. 😮

THank you SOOO much for using and including miles and not just kilometers!!

This happy news about Voyager is exciting, fascinating and encouraging all at once. I was 16 when Voyager set out on its mission and I'm so glad to be able to follow its progress this many years later! Thank you! ✨💫

" Hi, it's me. Bringing back friends ". Oh oh.

Rewriting someone's 50 year old custom computer code is the closest you'll get to reading a ghost's mind

I m awestruck every single time I read about Voyager 1, I know what it is what it is doing, but every single time it's video comes up I get a goosebumps thinking us humans made that thing and where it is right NOW AND STILL WORKING FINE.

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

I learned BASIC on a TRS-80, and played my first computer games on the Commodore 64. (Mid 80s - and ugh flowcharts)… So this is fascinating to me., but relatable. On the lighter side, I can’t wait for VGer to come back to us in another 20 years ala Star Trek. 🤣

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@spearce133

15 күн бұрын

I think we’ll be long gone by the time Voyager comes back to earth.

@quidproquo3933

15 күн бұрын

I still think about that trs 80 once in a while . Cassette tape save entered code … 10 vger goto spock

@DutchKC9UOD

14 күн бұрын

I started programming pre PC on Unix, first program was a lunar lander on a 1970 Texas Instruments programmable calculator that cost $900 at that time

@SweetSunrising

14 күн бұрын

😂❤I was hoping for a comment like this 100%

Reminds me of what our team did to a satellite in geosync orbit a few years ago. The satellite stopped performing as required and there were thoughts of moving another bird into the other bird's orbit. The satellite was launched in the 80's and was past it's expected life. We moved some code around on the bird because memory had gotten corrupted. The end result was the main programmer was given a $10,000 bonus and a promotion. Of course, no mention of the constellation is allowed. Maybe in 50 years he will be able to talk about it openly. I wont' because I won't live that long (I am 70). I remember using the POKE command on my VIC-20. I was in the USAF when both of the Voyagers were launched. If I remember correctly, II was launched before I. Always loved that one of the Star Trek movies was based off one of the Voyagers.

Thank you for sharing this with us 👍

V-ger will return to find the maker...

Solving problems like this is why I became an engineer! So much satisfaction in figuring out the problem and solution.

Voyager 1 and 2 demonstrate just how fucking great the NASA engineers were 50 yeras aog. Outstanding.

Wonderful breakdown of the glitch and how it was resolved. I actually understood it!!

@nct948

14 күн бұрын

so well explained. Great video

I’m amazed that we can still communicate with it!

Engineering behind both voyagers amazes me . Incredible . Can they help the engineers behind washing machines , we need more than 4 years out of them considering they sit in 72 degrees with 0 weather .. It's like it's intentional🤨

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@brianpoi5117

15 күн бұрын

Sure, they could. But how much are you willing to pay for such washing machines?

@chadhall7785

15 күн бұрын

@brianpoi5117 Sarcasm police has a warrant out for you ..🤦

@writerconsidered

14 күн бұрын

It is intentional. Engineers already made home appliances more reliable. Companies said no to that and built them to break. Fridges, washing machines etc etc from the 50s 60s 70s would run anywhere from 20 to 40 yrs.

@writerconsidered

14 күн бұрын

My ex wife has a water heater built in 1953, Last I checked its still running. I told her never get a new one unless it breaks forever.

It astounds me that this little craft has traveled so far without anything hitting it. You guys are amazing. Cheers Ian

@scottanderson3751

16 күн бұрын

Although millions of tons of dust full on earth each year and we are bombarded by meteors every day it’s worth remembering space is completely empty 😂😂😂😂

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@toph_toff974

15 күн бұрын

Its named space for a reason :)

@JoshWiniberg

3 күн бұрын

​@@scottanderson3751Not only that, the meteor, the earth, and everything on it, are also almost completely empty!

Hooray! This is amazing. Congratulations to the team. Hope to hear more soon. Cheers.

Yay this made my day

Very good video and excellent interpretation of the problem... Love it

The news is thrilling indeed and what's even more exciting is to know the process,how the team managed to reconnect with Voyager 1! Thank you to SOU for this well explained details! 👍💫❤️🌌

What is amazing is that this probe is running on Computer technology, from how long ago and is still going strong!

Voyager(s) are an amazing success story, unexpected I imagine but delightful in all aspects. Now age 85, I was not very good at bits but I did learn and use my meager knowledge with an Atari. Thr originators and programers of the time have a lot to be proud of even though it's doubtful any remain on this side of life. Congratulations to the current programmer for successfully keeping these 2 Bird operational. You too have much to be proud of. Wishing you continued success, and_ Thank You!

I remember when I was a kid, my grandpa told me about the gold disc and everything that’s contained on it. I miss him so much.

thank you for this fascinating content. the engineers were really great.

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

it was an amazing feat of engineering to get Voyager 1 working again. the engineers that did it are gods.

@rubiks6

16 күн бұрын

No, they're not gods - just smart men.

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@LeeHounshell

16 күн бұрын

@@420glass that's not possible as the planets need to be in proper alignment to slingshot. the planets align in a way to allow Voyager grand-tour style missions every 175 years. the next launch window is next century.

@mikemc5221

15 күн бұрын

Nah, just scam artists willing to keep their mouths shut.

@rubiks6

15 күн бұрын

@@LeeHounshell - It can be done any time we wish. The calculations simply have to be adjusted.

Those were the days (and engineers), my friends!

Amazing, so glad they didn't just give up 👍

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

An entire generation of us has grown up knowing the Cosmos with missions like the Pioneer or the Voyager, it is incredible that one of these spacecraft still continues to feed our old desires and expectations, it is a true prodigy of technology that perhaps is not properly valued...

This is super cool news

@skandababy

16 күн бұрын

super school news

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

We should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes.

My little buddy!! Keep going! Launched 46 years ago and traveling at 17,000 mph and somehow still functioning. Why are we not sending out more long path probes like this anymore?

@SweetSunrising

14 күн бұрын

I think New Horizons is the runner up for what the Voyagers are doing, ofc we can never ‘replace’ the ❤Voyagers but NH is a really good craft that’s in the Kuiper Belt right now!

Haven't finished the video yet. But for the mention of the Commodore 64 and how a poke command works, this video gets an automatic like!

The strategy of turning things on and off rarely works. Turning things off and on is much better.

Wow now thats content worth listening to🎉 exciting stuff, go voyager 2

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

That's a mile of achievement. It represents a forward step for the future of space travel and returning to the home locations!

It's good to have voyager 1 & 2 in contact with us

space tech: built to last 5 years, lasts 50 years instead home tech: should last 50 years, breaks in 5 years

@QuetzalcoatlusNorthropi_

15 күн бұрын

Space technology is built by skilled professionals, home tech is built by drilled apes.

@Baphomet101

13 күн бұрын

"Home Tech" doesn't cost a billion dollars to develop. LOL

@MrGrumpyGills

11 күн бұрын

@@Baphomet101 Irrelevant. Home Tech uses up precious resources.

@murphyking79

10 күн бұрын

Whoa, you got tech at home that lasts 5 years. We must be shopping at different stores. Where you shopping at?

@JoshWiniberg

3 күн бұрын

​@@murphyking79must be buying their fridges directly from NASA!

'The computers aboard the Voyager probes each have 69.63 kilobytes of memory, total. That's about enough to store one average internet jpeg file.'

Vger must join with the creator.

My brother & I were discussing the Voyagers not too long ago and were mulling over the static RAM they must be using. I said from that era, the memory bits were probably large enough to be seen with the naked eye. (And that's why stray radiation hasn't affected them--much.) Also, it's just a thought, mind you, but I don't think they were running Windows. ;)

Nothing short of GENIUS!!!

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

Voyager 1 slowly closing in on 'one light day' from earth...I remember how exciting it was to see the pictures of the big planets when before as a kid the best we had was images from the 200 inch Mt Palomar...

It’s a tribute to the quality to which that craft was built. Nothing today is likely to last 50 years.

amazing repair mission

The scientist who build this magnificent piece should be awarded Nobel prize on astronomy as it has done lot of discoveries and still helping the scientist community. Whats your views. Pls share.

lol, this is like explaining computing to my father who didn't touch a computer keyboard in his life

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

@LordB0NER

4 күн бұрын

@@420glassbro, why are you replying to so many comments with the same thing?

It will be a glorious day when humanity makes flyby tour's of the voyager spacecrafts.

It's coming back in 300 years as V-ger. Oh yeah, that's Voyager 6, which never got built. I guess that's a good thing. One of these was used for target practice by Klingons in Star Trek 5. I was 13 when these were launched.

Just doing some rough calculations, after all this time Voyager 1 is 15 billion miles away, or about 1/400 of a light year. The distances involved when it comes to anything in space are just unimaginable.

So glad to hear.

That's good to hear Well heard it first from Astrokobi❤

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

I remember using peeks and pokes to program the old Apple 2c to play music.

Voyager was sent out my year of birth and I've been invested in her voyage since a very young kid.

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

We should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes.

The voyager probes are by far the best technological achievement of mankind. Yes I'm aware of how easy it would be to replicate the voyager probes using modern technology and be far more advanced and successful but honestly speaking I can't think of anything more prideful than how amazing these two have been and the resilience they have demonstrated. The day the voyager probes go to sleep is the day humanity loses some of the best devices ever made. God speed voyagers and God bless the data they have provided over the years.

Everything discussed here is Mind blowing

Take it from someone who remembers the Moon landings, the Voyager missions were no less thrilling. During 1980 as Voyager entered Jupiter space the planets were so well lined up that just after sunset you could see them all including Mercury Venus and Mars out to Saturn on a gigantic curve along the the plane of the ecliptic along the future flight path, and it was easy to imagine Uranus and Neptune it you knew where they were.

This is cool. The example code seems to be an opening screen for an old BASIC program. It's drawing a border of Qs and allowing you to quit by pressing "!". Line 40 has a mistake. The end of the line should be THEN40 to complete the traditional IF/THEN statement. This being said, It's really cool that people are around who still figure the old stuff.

Excellent.

pure genius with all the scientist involved with this project.

Ooo, 40 thousand years, don't let me sleep through that!

Commodore 64 reference woot woot! Great video!

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

we should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes

this is amazing!

Voyager in the spotlight let’s hope it doesn’t stop being rectified.

"hi its me" lol

The folks at NASA were in a real tennetenba, but when they called Moss and Roy they advised them to turn it off and turn it back on.

Very cool to hear!! Great job.. and hes travelling at 40,000 mph?

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

We should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes.

We'll have to wait until the machine planet finds it and fixes it. It'll come back bigger and better.

Voyager 🥲 👏👏👏 Dont let the bastards get you down! Godspeed ❤️‍🩹

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

We should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes.

@youcanttakemyDIGNITY

16 күн бұрын

@@420glass YESSSS 💯👍

Its crazy that that the deep space network using radio signals for communication decades ago is still used today in the JWST. Even with all the advancement in technology we have achieved.

They need multiple sent years apart that can talk to each other. If the first one can't transmit to earth it could transmit to the next Voyager to relay back. They would need to be sent on the same trajectory.

Nice to see the result when America was Top.

15b miles, which has taken the Voyager almost 50 years to travel, takes light about 22 hours. So it's travelled, on average 0.0000022831 the speed of light. *sigh*

This is truly commendable and what can we do but wait?

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

We should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes.

@Space30MINUTES

14 күн бұрын

@@420glass Maybe I love simplicity and ease of understanding. So we just do whatever is easy to understand and discover. Is it right?

thank you

Imagine the information we would be getting today ,with all the new tech

The voyager spacecrafts represent the finger of humankind reaching out into the depths of infinity . The beacons of a civilization which wanted to understand the cosmos.

@420glass

16 күн бұрын

We should have sent out new voyagers over the years that way each new one would have been better and they could help keep links open to the earlier probes.

@siddharthshekhar909

15 күн бұрын

@@420glass I agree 💯%

It was made back before we outsourced everything. Back then we built things like a brick outhouse. Nowadays half the parts would be made in China.

Excellent, some good news for once

It's amazing that the 46 year old computer still works.

Look, it’s simple. The more user friendly something is, the harder it is to fix. Consumer example of this is DOS vs Windows. Mac doesn’t have this issues because even when Mac used Finder, it was just as user friendly as macOS, if not more. Even cars follow this example. Shade tree mechanics are a thing of the past. There is so much electronic control system in new cars that you need computerized diagnostics systems to fix some issues.

Yes, and after days of decoding the actual message said - Are we there yet.? 😄