Voyager 2 has restored its communication with Earth months earlier than expected.
The space agency had expected a regular reset of the probe in October to fix the errorNasa is back in full contact with its lost Voyager 2 probe months earlier than expected, the space agency said.
After communications were lost, the probe had been unable to receive commands or send back data to Nasa's Deep Space Network - an array of giant radio antennas across the world. On Monday, the space agency said its huge dish in Australia's capital, Canberra, was trying to detect any stray signals from Voyager 2.
Voyager 2 and its twin Voyager 1 are the only spacecraft ever to operate outside the heliosphere, the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields generated by the Sun. They and 2012 respectively.
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