NASA's historic Voyager spacecraft shut down to save power
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NASA Turns Off Two Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission
Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment aboard Voyager 1 on Feb. 25 and will shut off Voyager 2’s low-energy charged ...
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Far-flung Voyager 1 thrusters come to life after almost 40 years of disuse
Billions of miles from Earth, at the edge of interstellar space, a long-dormant part of a far-flung spacecraft came to life this week. After 37 years of disuse, a set of thrusters aboard Voyager 1 ...
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Voyager 1 has just awakened — We thought he would never do it
Voyager 1, our most advanced spacecraft, sends signals to Earth for the fifth time in five months. The accomplishment is a testament to NASA engineers’ resourcefulness and persistence. Let’s dive ...
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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 ...
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NASA powers down two Voyager science instruments to extend mission life
Mission engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment aboard Voyager 1 on Feb. 25 and will shut off Voyager 2's low-energy ...
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NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft 'Every day could be our last.'
"The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible!" NASA engineers are turning off two instruments to ensure that the twin spacecraft ...
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Why so many spacecraft carry magnetometers
Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...
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NASA works to extend Voyager spacecraft mission again: 'Every day could be our last'
For nearly 50 years, Nasa’s twin Voyager spacecraft have just kept swimming – or zooming through space, collecting data from interstellar space farther than any other mission. NASA is trying ...
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Why Nasa is switching off instruments on its twin Voyager spacecraft
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...
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NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft 'Every day could be our last.'
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the Voyager 2 spacecraft exploring space beyond the solar system.