The furthest human spacecraft from earth—Voyager 1 and 2—are still getting software updates more than 12 billion miles away, which should help keep the probes operational for many years to come. Smartphone companies can learn a thing or two here.

It all started in 2022 when Voyager 1 began sending garbled data back to Earth. Craft functions

Source: Hot Hardware – NASA Sent An Important Software Patch 12 Billion Miles To Its 1977 Voyager Probes