NASA has picked up a ‘heartbeat’ signal from its Voyager-2 after it had lost contact with it. Last month, the voyager tilted its antenna two degrees away from earth after a wrong command was sent from earth. As a result, the voyager stopped receiving commands or sending data on July 21st. <br /><br />On Tuesday, NASA announced that it has picked up signals from Voyager-2 during a regular scan of the sky.<br /><br />Earlier on Monday, the space agency NASA said that its huge dish in Australia’s capital Canberra was trying to detect any stray signals from Voyager 2. <br /><br />The spacecraft, Voyager 2, has been exploring the universe since 1977. It is more than 12.3 billion miles from Earth. And it takes 18 hours for signals to reach earth.<br /><br />Nasa said the news confirms Voyager 2 is still broadcasting and is in ""good health.""<br />Earlier on Monday, the space agency said its huge dish in Australia's capital, Canberra, was trying to detect any stray signals from Voyager 2.<br /><br />According to the Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the antenna has also been bombarding Voyager 2’s area with the correct command, in hope to regain contact with the spacecraft. <br /><br />While fuller communication with the Voyager 2 is yet not established, Voyager 2 is programmed to reset its orientation every year to keep its antenna pointed at earth. <br /><br />Voyager 2 was launched to study the outer solar system. There are only two spacecraft, Voyager-1 and Voyager-2 which operate outside the heliosphere. Heliosphere is a protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields generated by the sun.<br /><br />They reached interstellar space in 2012 and 2018 respectively. <br /><br />Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft ever to fly by planet Neptune and Uranus.<br /><br />#NASA #Voyager #SpaceCraft #voyager2 #USA #SpaceNews #NASANews #HWNews
