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 ...
Days Numbered For Voyager Probes As NASA Shuts Off Instruments To Prolong Life
No human-made objects have traveled further into the final frontier than Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, but both probes are ...
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NASA’s Voyager Probes Lose One Instrument Each as Power Wanes
NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched in 1977, are the longest-running missions to send data home. But as their power ...
NASA Shuts Off Voyager Science Instrument, More Power Cuts Ahead to Keep Both Probes Going
Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory turned off Voyager 1’s cosmic ray subsystem experiment on February 25, ...
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The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space
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NASA's twin Voyager probes are shutting down some instruments to conserve power
One of the biggest successes that we've had over the years is that of the Voyager probes, with Voyager One being of special note. Allow us to show you Voyager One Earth farthest spacecraft.