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NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument
Voyager 2 shuts down science experiment as power stores dwindle
The plasma experiment had been gathering limited data. NASA expects the Voyager 2 spacecraft will continue operating with other experiments into the 2030s.
NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles
Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are powered by decaying plutonium, and they lose around 4 watts of power every year. In the 1980s, several of their instruments were turned off after the two spacecraft finished investigating the solar system's giant planets. This granted both probes extra power, boosting their longevity.
NASA shut off a Voyager instrument. Only these 4 remain.
Both Voyager craft, launched in 1977, convert heat produced by the decay of radioactive plutonium-238 into electricity. Over the decades, NASA engineers have strategically shut off instruments to extend the life of Voyager 1 and 2,
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MIT-designed plasma sensor shut down on Voyager 2 spacecraft after 47 years of service
Special equipment built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1970s and attached to NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft ...
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NASA's Voyager 2 Concludes Iconic 47-Year Journey Through Space Exploration
NASA's Voyager 2 has turned off its PLS instrument to save energy after 47 years in space, with MIT reflecting on the mission ...
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NASA photo inspires engineer to create mining colony on moon of Uranus – just 38 years and 1.6 billion miles later!
The book, A Truth Beyond Full, by Rosie Oliver, is a science fiction book about mining published by Elsewhen Press. Oliver is ...
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