The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...
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Huge NASA spacecraft is flying to a perilous part of the solar system
Crucially, this magnetic field grabs and then accelerates particles from the relentless solar wind ... (NASA's Juno craft, exploring the greater Jupiter system, also carries a vault.) ...
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NASA makes crucial move to keep its legendary Voyager craft alive
With such engineering vigilance and expert troubleshooting, it's possible the Voyager craft can stay online through the mid ... a pivotal role in revealing when Voyager 1 had left our solar system's ...