NASA's historic Voyager spacecraft shut down to save power
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NASA’s Voyager Probes Lose One Instrument Each as Power Wanes
NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched in 1977, are the longest-running missions to send data home. But as their power ...
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The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space
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NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft 'Every day could be our last.'
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The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...
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NASA squeezes more life from 47-year-old Voyager probes
Voyager 2’s impending power-saving solution concerns ... If all goes according to plan, both spacecraft will continue sending back data from at least one instrument until some time in the ...
NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
NASA is switching off two science instruments on its long-running twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Wednesday an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures charged particles and ...
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NASA's twin Voyager probes are shutting down some instruments to conserve power
The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space The farthest spacecraft ...
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The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space
Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space, or the space between stars, in 2012, and Voyager 2 did the same in 2018. The probes took different trajectories. Voyager 1 is traveling up away from the ...