Greetings, Earthling... ?

[Guest theeldergeek]

Have aliens hijacked Voyager 2 spacecraft | The Daily Telegraph

 

Aliens or not, what amazed me was that NASA can still contact this spacecraft!

[Gatt]

V'Ger anyone? - V'ger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[6Foot2]

Personally I consider the Telegraph headline one which was written only to grab attention.

 

However as you say it is remarkable that these little craft are still going strong after all this time. They have exceeded their anticipated [planned for] lifespan by some margin!

[alan-d]

Nothing to worry about - it's been BSF'd

[6Foot2]

Engineers have successfully corrected the memory on NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft...

 

Link: Engineers Diagnosing Voyager 2 Data System - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

 

Resolution appears to have been [in crude terms] turn it off and turn it on again.

 

This artist's rendering depicts NASAs Voyager 2 spacecraft as it studies the outer limits of the heliosphere - a magnetic 'bubble' around the solar system that is created by the solar wind.

 

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/voyager/20100430/voyager20100430-full.jpg

 

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

 

More information: Link: Voyager - The Interstellar Mission