NASA turned off a suite of instruments on Voyager 2 and its twin Voyager 1 after they explored the gas giant planets in the ...
The plasma experiment had been gathering limited data. NASA expects the Voyager 2 spacecraft will continue operating with ...
NASA has deactivated one of Voyager 2's science instruments as the spacecraft's power levels continue to decline. Launched in ...
Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are powered by decaying plutonium, and they lose around 4 watts of power every year. In the ...
Veteran probe set to score a half-century while still doing science Engineers have turned off Voyager 2's plasma science ...
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Mission engineers at NASA have turned off the plasma science instrument aboard the Voyager 2 spacecraft due to the probe's ...
With less electricity available, NASA has decided to shut down one experiment on Voyager 2, the plasma science instrument.
It was the plasma instrument which helped NASA determine that Voyager 2 has left the solar system and entered interstellar ...
NASA has turned off a critical instrument on Voyager 2 to save power. This will help extend the spacecraft's mission into the ...
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 ...
On Tuesday, NASA said it shut down Voyager 2's plasma science instrument—responsible for tracking the flow of charged ...