NASA’s Next Mission Could Finally Solve the Mystery of Our Solar System’s Edge
The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...
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Spiral structure discovered at the edge of our solar system can't be explained
Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...
The End of Voyager? NASA’s Race to Keep the Deep Space Probes Alive
For nearly five decades, the twin Voyager spacecraft have pushed the boundaries of human exploration, venturing deeper into ...
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NASA's twin Voyager probes are shutting down some instruments to conserve power
Both probes are the only spacecraft to operate beyond the heliosphere, the sun’s bubble of magnetic fields and particles that extends well beyond the orbit of Pluto.Instruments necessary for ...
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NASA Shuts Down Major Voyager Instruments, But for Good Reason
NASA has confirmed it is turning off key instruments on Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, leaving just three science instruments in ...
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‘Every Day Could Be Our Last’: NASA Deactivates Voyager Instruments To Extend Deep Space Exploration
NASA is shutting down instruments on the Voyager spacecraft, humanity's farthest explorers, allowing them to continue sending ...
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, ...
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 ...
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NASA Turns Off Two Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission
Voyager 1 reached the edge of the heliosphere and the beginning of interstellar space in 2012; Voyager 2 reached the boundary ...
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March 2: NASA may launch the SPHEREx mission to survey the sky in 102 colors.
Another mission to study the sun’s corona, PUNCH or Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, will share the ride to space with SPHEREx. Michael Roston is a senior staff editor for science.
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NASA set to deliver a knock-out PUNCH to mysteries of the solar wind
The mission, called PUNCH, which stands for the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, is a constellation of four suitcase-sized satellites that are set to blast off for a sun ...
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Mapping the universe and space weather; 2 NASA satellites launch on big science mission
Each mapping takes six months. The other mission launching on Friday is called PUNCH, a.k.a. the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere. This satellite, made up of four smaller satellites ...