Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down cosmic ray instrument on Voyager 2
The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...
Space.com28d
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!" NASA engineers are turning off two instruments to ensure that the twin spacecraft ...
NASA's historic Voyager spacecraft shut down to save power
Space technology is always one step ahead. With the rapid advances in this sector, drastic decisions have to be made with ...
Phys.org29d
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 aboard Voyager 1 on Feb. 25 and will shut off Voyager 2's low-energy ...
The Verge28d
NASA is making sacrifices to keep the Voyager mission alive
Instruments on Voyagers 1 and 2 are being shut off to keep the probes running until the 2030s. Instruments on Voyagers 1 and 2 are being shut off to keep the probes running until the 2030s.
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Researchers Develop New Design and Fabrication Method to Make Lightsails for Interstellar Travel
One promising way to pick up that kind of speed is a “lightsail” — a thin, reflective membrane that can be pushed by light ...
The Independent28d
Why Nasa is switching off instruments on its twin Voyager spacecraft
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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NASA's twin Voyager probes are shutting down some instruments to conserve power
Space is *** very big place for real, and one of the biggest goals of humanity over the course of the last few decades is the concept of us sending things out into the Earth's orbit or into the ...
Washington Times29d
NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
NEW YORK — NASA is switching off two science instruments on its long-running twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Wednesday an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures ...