NASA back in contact with Voyager 1

[SchrödingersRat]

I had almost lost hope for the little probe that could.

Absolutely no one could have planned for Voyager 1 to last as long as it has.  In a testament to sound engineering and design, our ability to continue to conduct scientific measurement using this probe has exceeded all expectations.

From Universe Today: NASA Restores Communications with Voyager 1
 

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The venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft is finally phoning home again. This is much to the relief of mission engineers, scientists, and Voyager fans around the world...


Let's hope that they can continue to get data from the probe until she finally fails due to power depletion somewhere around 2030. 

Good luck Voyager!

The Voyager missions have definitely been one of the most successful missions ever launched.  Hell, they even became a main character in one of the Star Trek movies - remember "V-Ger"?

I think NASA's most successful mission by far was the Cassini Mission to Saturn.  The amount of information, data and knowledge we gained from that mission was incredible.  Even during it's final flight as it was directed to crash land, it never stopped sending data...right up until the last second.

That probe was a f#cking hero in my opinion.