Nasa’s Deep Space Network (DSN) has detected a carrier signal from Voyager 2, confirming that the spacecraft has not been lost in space and remains operational. 

The space agency had lost all communications with Voyager 2 after accidentally sending a wrong command on July 21, which caused the spacecraft’s antenna to point two degrees away from Earth and lose contact with mission control. 

The spacecraft’s antenna is expected to point towards Earth in mid-October, when communications with mission control will be able to resume. Until then, Nasa will attempt to send a command to Voyager 2 to correct the position of its antenna. 

Nasa was able...