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NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft 'Every day could be our last.'
NASA operators turned off Voyager 2's plasma science experiment in October 2024. The experiment aimed to measure how much ...
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NASA switches off instrument on Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power
To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft. The space agency said Tuesday that Voyager 2's plasma science instrument — designed ...
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NASA Engineers Revive Long-Dormant Thrusters on Voyager 1, the Farthest Spacecraft From Earth, in a ‘Miracle Save’
In the nick of time, NASA teams addressed clogging issues in the probe’s backup roll thrusters, before the only antenna ...
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Voyager, Still Going After All These Years
Launched in 1977 to study the large outer planets, Voyager 1 and 2 are now ... if it were turned off, says Dodd. Instead, NASA keeps it on because the instrument generates some heat in a ...
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Voyager 2 has been in space for 45 years. NASA just found a way to keep it alive for another 3, despite it being 12 billion miles from Earth.
NASA has hacked a backup source of power to keep Voyager 2 working. The switch should keep the probe, which launched in 1977, alive for another three years. Together, Voyager 1 and 2 have traveled ...