NASA's Voyager 2 Is Out Of Contact Due To Technical Glitch

Voyager 2 Loses Ground Communication With NASA

NASA's Voyager 2 lost communication after an accidental wrong command tilted its antenna away from Earth over a week ago, leaving it out of touch.

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The spacecraft’s antenna shifted a mere 2%, but it was enough to cut communications.

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The Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have ever visited Uranus and Neptune.

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Voyager 2 is at approximately 12.4 billion miles from Earth in interstellar space, is unable to communicate with NASA's Deep Space Network ground antennas due to the glitch.

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Voyager 2 was launched from Florida in 1977 to study the outer solar system as well as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and is one the farthest human-made objects in space.

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After flight control accidentally pointed Voyager 2's antenna away from Earth, a dish in Australia was deployed to search for interstellar spacecraft signals.

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Voyager 2 is designed to reset its orientation multiple times yearly to maintain its antenna aimed at Earth. The next reset on Oct. 15 is expected to restore communication.

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