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NASA Extends Voyager's Journey Through the Cosmos By Powering Off 2 Scientific Instruments
To help them conserve energy, mission operators at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are shutting off one ...
NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
NASA is switching off two science instruments on its twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Wednesday an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures charged particles and cosmic rays ...
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The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are both exploring uncharted territory in interstellar space. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, sent a command for Voyager 1 to power ...
NASA To Power Down Another Instrument Aboard Voyager 2 Spacecraft To Conserve Energy
NASA has announced plans to switch off another science instrument on the Voyager 2 spacecraft later this month, in a bid to ...
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NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft 'Every day could be our last.'
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, can continue exploring space beyond the limits of the solar system. To save energy for further interstellar exploration, mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...
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NASA Extends Voyager's Journey Through the Cosmos By Powering Off 2 Scientific Instruments
A photo of the low-energy charged particle instrument from 1977. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/JHUAPL Voyager 1 and 2 carry the same 10 instruments. Theoretically, this means turning off a particular ...