NASA powers off a piece of Voyager 2 science to save power | CNN
WEB20 hours ago · CNN —. The NASA team overseeing the iconic Voyager 2 spacecraft made the decision to power down one of its science instruments in an effort to conserve energy. The probe is currently soaring ...
Where Are They Now? - NASA Science
WEBWhere Are They Now? Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have reached "interstellar space" and each continue their unique journey deeper into the cosmos. In NASA's Eyes on the Solar System app, you can see the actual spacecraft trajectories of the Voyagers updated every five minutes.
Voyager 2: Nasa fully back in contact with lost space probe - BBC
WEBAug 4, 2023 · Nasa is back in full contact with its lost Voyager 2 probe months earlier than expected, the space agency said. In July a wrong command was made to the spacecraft, sent to explore space in 1977,...
Voyager 2 - NASA Science
WEBVoyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune. The probe is now in interstellar space, the region outside the heliopause, or the bubble of energetic particles and magnetic fields from the Sun.
NASA switches off instrument on Voyager 2 spacecraft to save …
WEB22 hours ago · By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN. Updated 8:18 AM PDT, October 2, 2024. NEW YORK (AP) — 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 measure the flow of charged atoms — was powered down in late ...
NASA Turns Off Science Instrument to Save Voyager 2 Power
WEB1 day ago · Mission engineers at NASA have turned off the plasma science instrument aboard the Voyager 2 spacecraft due to the probe’s gradually shrinking electrical power supply.. Traveling more than 12.8 billion miles (20.5 billion kilometers) from Earth, the spacecraft continues to use four science instruments to study the region outside our heliosphere, the protective bubble of particles and ...
NASA says it has resumed full contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft - NPR
WEBAug 2, 2023 · NASA said it resumed full communications with the Voyager 2 on Friday after almost two weeks of silence from the interstellar spacecraft.
NASA Reaches Voyager 2 With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Across the Void
WEBAug 4, 2023 · The space agency lost contact with Voyager 2 on July 21 when the mission team accidentally sent a command that pushed the spacecraft’s antenna two degrees away from Earth.
NASA’s Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy
WEBApr 26, 2023 · The plan will keep Voyager 2’s science instruments turned on a few years longer than previously anticipated, enabling yet more revelations from interstellar space.
Voyager - NASA Science
WEBMission engineers turned off the plasma science instrument aboard the Voyager 2 spacecraft due to the probe’s gradually shrinking electrical power supply.