More Voyager Instruments Go Dark To Extend Life

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Voyager 2 in testing before its 1977 launch.

Credit: NASA
NASA is turning off more science instruments on its Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes that could help extend the life of the spacecraft launched in 1977 into the 2030s. The space agency plans to cease operating Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle instrument on March 24 to conserve power after...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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