NASA restores Voyager 1 data

The chip stored part of the Flight Data Subsystem's memory and software code. Engineers could still receive data from Voyager 1, but it was scrambled. The chip could not be repaired. Instead, engineers moved software code from the chip into a different part of the subsystem's memory system.

Voyager 1's extended mission is expected to continue to return science data until at least 2025, and 2030 at the maximum. Its radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) may supply enough electric power to return engineering data until 2036.