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 ...
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NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft 'Every day could be our last.'
NASA engineers are turning off two instruments to ensure that the twin spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, can continue exploring space beyond the limits of the solar system. To save energy for ...
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NASA squeezes more life from 47-year-old Voyager probes
However, NASA isn’t ready to say goodbye just yet, and is taking measures to get as much life out of the pair as possible. On March 5, Voyager mission engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
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Days Numbered For Voyager Probes As NASA Shuts Off Instruments To Prolong Life
No human-made objects have traveled further into the final frontier than Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. However, both space probes are reaching the end of their service lives. NASA announced that ...
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NASA Shuts Off Voyager Science Instrument, More Power Cuts Ahead to Keep Both Probes Going
NASA engineers are resorting to shutting off science instruments on both Voyager probes to keep the two iconic missions alive. Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory turned off ...
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NASA makes crucial move to keep its legendary Voyager craft alive
"The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible," Suzanne Dodd, the Voyager project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
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NASA tweaks Voyager probes to help them hit a half century of service
Voyager 1 is over 15 billion miles (25 billion km) from Earth and Voyager 2 is 13 billion miles (21 billion km) away. That's so far that it can take almost two days for a radio signal to make the ...
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NASA is making sacrifices to keep the Voyager mission alive
With the latest shutdowns, NASA says the Voyager probes should have enough power to keep operating for another year. The Voyagers have greatly surpassed the lifespan expected from their two-planet ...
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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’s Voyager Probes Lose One Instrument Each as Power Wanes
Scientists will have observations from one less instrument on each spacecraft moving forward, however, NASA officials announced on March 5. Mission managers turned off Voyager 1’s cosmic ray ...
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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.'
An illustration of the Voyager 2 spacecraft exploring space beyond the solar system. | Credit: NASA/Robert Lea (created with Canva) NASA engineers are turning off two instruments to ensure that ...