NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating
April 18, 2026
April 18, 2026
PASADENA, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:
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NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating
To conserve power, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed to turn off one of the science instruments on the most distant spacecraft ever built.
On April 17, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to . . .
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NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating
To conserve power, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed to turn off one of the science instruments on the most distant spacecraft ever built.
On April 17, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to . . .