# One light day: Voyager's long farewell

An episode of [The Slow Newscast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403), 24 Sep 2024, 36 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/66f1ae6b53d1bcf49e8d7650/media.mp3

The Voyager space probe is sailing through space, far beyond earth's solar system. It is humanity's most distant messenger. And then last year it fell silent. NASA's scientists somehow navigated a 15 billion mile hurdle to bring it back online. This is the story of how and why. To find out more about Tortoise: Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalists Subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more If you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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