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NASA is Making Sacrifices To Keep the Voyager Mission Alive
NASA has begun shutting down science instruments aboard the twin Voyager spacecraft to extend their 47-year journey through interstellar space, officials said. Voyager 1's cosmic ray subsystem was deactivated on February 25, while Voyager 2's low-energy charged particle instrument will be shut down ...
NASA has begun shutting down science instruments aboard the twin Voyager spacecraft to extend their 47-year journey through interstellar space, officials said. Both spacecraft will then operate with just three of their original ten science instruments.The radioisotope power systems aboard the Voyagers lose approximately 4 watts annually, threatening to end their mission within months without intervention. NASA engineers believe these measures could enable the probes to continue operating into the 2030s, far beyond their initial five-year design life.
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