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 ... 10/2/2024 - 6:04 am | View Link
NASA Forced to Turn Off Voyager 2 Instrument Due to Spacecraft’s Loss of Power On September 26, NASA engineers issued the command to turn off the plasma instrument, which took 19 hours to reach the distant probe and another 19 hours for it to return a signal. NASA confirmed that ... 10/2/2024 - 5:51 am | View Link
NASA switches off instrument on Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft. The space agency said Tuesday that Voyager 2's plasma science instrument — designed to ... 10/2/2024 - 4:18 am | View Link
NASA Turns Off Science Instrument to Save Voyager 2 Power The mission has been working to postpone the shut-off as long as possible. Four other instruments aboard the interstellar spacecraft continue to operate. 10/1/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades Engineers have mitigated an issue with Voyager 1’s thrusters, enabling the mission to stay in touch with mission controllers on Earth and send back unique data. 09/16/2024 - 11:17 am | View Link