The hope of a happy ending finally faded. Voyager 1, next to its sister Voyager 2 the most distant man-made object from Earth, appeared after almost half a century in space to finally give up the ghost. At the end of 2023, the probe, which had previously reliably transmitted measured values and technical data to Earth, began suddenly sending nonsense. All attempts to restore communication with the museum-ready computer system failed. The end seemed to have come.