NASA lost contact with Voyager 2 on July 21 when someone entered the wrong command and sent the probe’s antenna twice away from Earth.

NASA announced that it lost contact with Voyage 2 12.3 billion miles from Earth. statement Shared on Thursday. A series of commands sent to the spacecraft “incorrectly points the antenna at her two degrees away from Earth.” It is currently unable to receive commands or transmit data to Earth, and will likely not be able to do so until October 15th.

It is hoped that the orientation of the spacecraft will be reset and communications will resume in October. NASA pointed out that Voyager 2 should stay on course while it’s off course unless something derails its orbit.

You may have heard… Voyager 2 will not transmit data until October. Meanwhile, here I am, nearly 15 billion miles (24 billion km) from Earth, doing well. – V1

More info from our team: https://t.co/S3BFRo9Va9

— NASA Voyager (@NASAVoyager) July 28, 2023

Voyager 1 and 2 are the only man-made objects known to have reached and operated outside the heliosphere of the solar system, BBC report. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to reach interstellar space in her 2018 and have flown past Neptune and Uranus.

According to CBS News, the spacecraft has detected and recorded more than a dozen new moons since its launch in 1977. I got it. (Related: ‘People reporting UFOs flooded since congressional hearings, Navy pilots claim)’

Voyager 1 is now 15 billion miles from Earth and is operating normally as of this writing. We’re currently drifting through interstellar space, waiting for someone to give us the thumbs up to start an alien invasion (probably).