Keeping Voyager Alive: NASA’s Project Scientist Faces Painful Choices as the Iconic Mission Nears Its End
Linda Spilker, the Voyager mission’s project scientist, spoke to Gizmodo about the challenges that come with operating the ...
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 ...
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 regard to some spacecraft. This has been the case with NAS ...
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NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
The space agency said Wednesday an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures charged particles and cosmic rays will shut off later this month. Last week, NASA powered down an instrument on Voyager 1 ...
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‘Voyager’s failing signals’: The urgent need for a new deep space probe
At the heliosphere’s tail, charged particles mix with interstellar plasma through magnetic reconnection, affecting space weather within the solar system. ‘Are we really special?’: ...
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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 ...
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NASA Saves Energy on Twin Voyager Spacecraft
The space agency said on March 5 an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures charged particles and cosmic rays will shut off later this month. NASA recently also powered down an instrument on Voyager 1 ...