Voyager 2 Has Lost Track of Earth. Only One Antenna in the World Can Help It ‘Phone Home’

An artist concept depicting one of NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft.

In 1977, five years before ET asked to 'phone home,' two robotic spacecraft began their own journey into space space — Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. (Image: NASA via JPL-Caltech)

NASA Contacts Voyager 2 Using Upgraded Deep Space Network Dish

The 70-meter-wide (230-foot-wide) radio antenna Deep Space Station 43 in Canberra, Australia.

Crews conduct critical upgrades and repairs to the 70-meter-wide (230-foot-wide) radio antenna Deep Space Station 43 in Canberra, Australia. In this clip, one of the antenna's white feed cones (which house portions of the antenna receivers) is being moved by a crane. (Image: via CSIRO)

Voyager 2 Reaches Interstellar Space

Vayager 2 about to enter interstellar space.

Voyager 1 has a companion in the realm of the stars. (Image: v via NASA)