Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down cosmic ray instrument on Voyager 2
The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...
China Daily2 天
Neptune's auroras captured in detail by Webb telescope
WASHINGTON — Neptune's glowing auroras have been captured in the minutest detail yet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
Neptune’s auroras are captured in great detail by NASA’s Webb telescope
NAS's James Webb Space Telescope has captured Neptune’s glowing auroras in the best detail yet. Hints of auroras were first ...
NASA's historic Voyager spacecraft shut down to save power
Space technology is always one step ahead. With the rapid advances in this sector, drastic decisions have to be made with ...
Gizmodo11 天
The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
However, no missions capture the power of RTGs quite like the Voyager missions. NASA launched the twin spacecraft Voyager 1 ...
The Conversation16 天
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
NASA launched the twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in 1977 to take a tour of the outer solar system and then journey beyond it. Each craft was equipped with three RTGs, providing a total of ...
Space Waltz: ESA to put Strauss among the stars on his 200th birthday
In 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 probes were sent into space with 27 pieces of music, referred to as the “Golden Records”. They were records designed to showcase mankind’s greatest achievements. But ...
Houston Chronicle16 天
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
However, no missions capture the power of RTGs quite like the Voyager missions. NASA launched the twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in 1977 to take a tour of the outer solar system and then ...
Astronomy16 天
Why so many spacecraft carry magnetometers
Early spacecraft typified some of these differences. The magnetometers carried by the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft consisted of two different devices: a high-field magnetometer (to measure very ...
WION19 天
Here’s why NASA engineers are switching off instruments on Voyager space probes
Spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have travelled to places in space where no other human-made objects have gone before, but their lives will end soon. The engineers at the US space agency, National ...
Firstpost20 天
Nasa tries to give new lease of life to Voyager missions that have outlived their life ...
Nasa is turning off two research instruments on its long-running twin Voyager spacecraft to conserve energy. The space agency said Wednesday that a sensor on Voyager 2 that analyses charged particles ...
Yahoo20 天
NASA is doing everything it can to keep the Voyager missions going
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