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Voyager 1 Updates: Still Functioning Despite All Odds After 49 Years, But...

2026-05-04 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about Voyager 1 updates Links: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating/ Previous Voyager videos: https://youtu.be/PI5uwMhX38Q https://youtu.be/v5wUqhpr07M Other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xno587Yma0k #nasa #voyager #science 0:00 Voyager 1 updates 2:05 Why this probe matters so much 4:35 Dramatic event involving 0s and 1s 6:00 Energy problem and a shut off 7:20 Another instrument shut down after 49 years 8:20 Next dangerous maneuver 9:00 What's next for the mission? 10:19 Conclusions Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@johnnyclifford9423 2026-05-04

As a 68 year-old man, I can tell you that it's so freaking cool that these two probes are still operating. I watched the launches and to have them still out there doing science is just awesome.

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@W1se0ldg33zer 2026-05-04

Took us 49 years to go 1 light day. An infinitesimally small distance when compared to the vastness of space.

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@Jerry.Cornelius 2026-05-04

Voyager and the engineers are amazing. I remember following the mission in Scientific American in the ‘80s. They only planned to fly past Jupiter and Saturn but then they kept reprogramming it.and extending the mission and sending them to Uranus and Neptune. It was like Star Trek, always coming up against seemingly insurmountable problems and just when you thought it was over, the engineers would find a solution. They will go down in history for sure.

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@BlueberryM-887 2026-05-04

Voyager: The little probe that could!

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@2dumd2live 2026-05-04

Incredible how they've kept Voyager 1 operational with nothing but remote access for this long, over such a long distance

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@Skedawg88 2026-05-04

"My phone barely functions". A good contrast.

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@costrio 2026-05-05

The Voyager Probes were definitely money well spent, I think.

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@LisaCampbell-j8x 2026-05-05

I was in High School when they launched. Now I'm near retirement, and it is so amazing they are still going and talking to us.

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@6Twisted 2026-05-05

The kinds of people working at NASA should be the people running the world. Not corrupt politicians who only care about money.

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@pmam1968 2026-05-05

Remapping the code to avoid using the faulty chip from 20 billion kilometres away is one of the most astonishing things about an already legendary mission.

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