NASA Turns Off Science Instrument to Save Voyager 2 Power
October 02, 2024
October 02, 2024
PASADENA, California, Oct. 2 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:
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The mission has been working to postpone the shut-off as long as possible. Four other instruments aboard the interstellar spacecraft continue to operate.
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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 gradually shrinking electrical power supply.
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The mission has been working to postpone the shut-off as long as possible. Four other instruments aboard the interstellar spacecraft continue to operate.
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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 gradually shrinking electrical power supply.
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