The The unit converts the data to binary code – consisting of zeros and ones, the simplest form of computer ... were stuck," NASA said. Engineers restarted the Flight Data System in December ...

NASA is optimistic engineers can fix ... Engineers concluded that the problem was with an onboard computer called the flight data system (FDS), which collects data from the spacecraft’s ...

Engineers have determined why NASA's Voyager ... 1's Flight Data System (FDS), one of three computers on the spacecraft. The FDS operates alongside a command-and-control central computer and ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced ... The mission team first noticed the issue November 14, when the flight data system’s telecommunications unit began sending back a repeating ...

On December 12, NASA announced an issue within Voyager 1’s flight data system (FDS), one of the spacecraft ... to use its telemetry modulation unit (TMU) subsystem. Without this line of ...

NASA’s iconic space probe is having trouble communicating with its home planet due to a computer glitch ... the outer regions of the solar system, but it is recently unable to send back any ...

However, a computer problem ... power will force NASA to start turning off instruments on each spacecraft. Most of NASA's modern missions exploring the Solar System have simulators on the ground ...

This computer, NASA says, is responsible for packaging science and engineering data before it's sent to Earth by the spacecraft's telemetry modulation unit. Related: NASA's Voyager 1 glitch has ...

NASA has set a new launch date for its ... redundant chassis that provides power to a subset of computer cards controlling various system functions, including the card responsible for the stable ...