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https://www.npr.org/2023/08/02/1191341035/nasa-voyager-2-spacecraft-contact
Sounds like it's a recoverable error (if the scientists can't do it the spacecraft has an automated process that'll kick in in October.) Still, I can't imagine what that must feel like.
https://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0410/04noaanreport/
Probably a lot like the person responsible for dropping the NOAA-19 satellite.