Get the latest tech news
NASA Shuts Off Voyager Science Instrument
The twin probes should operate for about a year before the team is forced to shut off yet more instruments.
In October 2024, the team decided to turn off Voyager 2’s plasma science instrument, which measured the amount of electrically charged atoms, in an effort to conserve power. Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle instrument, which is scheduled for deactivation later this month, measures the various ions, electrons, and cosmic rays originating from our solar system and galaxy. “Every bit of additional data we have gathered since then is not only valuable bonus science for heliophysics, but also a testament to the exemplary engineering that has gone into the Voyagers — starting nearly 50 years ago and continuing to this day.”
Or read this on Hacker News
