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Voyager Probes Face Power Crunch: NASA Shuts Down Instruments to Extend Mission
NASA is decommissioning two more instruments on the 47-year-old Voyager space probes due to dwindling power. Only three of ...
NASA is making sacrifices to keep the Voyager mission alive
It’s been 47 years since the twin Voyager spacecraft started their historic mission. Having travelled through interstellar ...
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NASA pulls another life-saving maneuver for Voyager from 15 billion miles away
Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012, followed by Voyager 2 in 2018, making them the only spacecraft to operate ...
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The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space
The Voyager probes are each turning off an instrument to avoid ending their 47-year-long missions later this year.
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 ...
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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 ...
NASA extends missions of 'deep space rock stars'
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have conserved energy supplies on the record-setting Voyager 1 & 2 deep space ...
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NASA may have to cancel major space missions due to budget cuts
Potential cuts of up to 50 per cent of NASA's science budget could mean cancelling missions including the Hubble Space Telescope and the Voyager probes ...
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 ...
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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!" ...
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Voyagers facing power crunch, NASA shuts key instruments from 15 billion miles away
NASA recently shut down Voyager 1's cosmic ray subsystem and Voyager 2's low-energy charged particle will also be deactivated ...
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‘Every Day Could Be Our Last’: NASA Deactivates Voyager Instruments To Extend Deep Space Exploration
NASA is shutting down instruments on the Voyager spacecraft, humanity's farthest explorers, allowing them to continue sending ...