Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down cosmic ray instrument on Voyager 2
The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...
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NASA shuts down more Voyager science instruments to prolong mission
The space agency plans to turn off the low-energy charged particle experiment on Voyager 2 ... Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 1 completed its planetary objectives and entered into an extended mission ...
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NASA tweaks Voyager probes to help them hit a half century of service
A pair of extraordinary space missions that have been headed ... They were the third and fourth spacecraft to visit Jupiter and Saturn, and Voyager 2 was the first to visit Uranus and Neptune ...
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NASA Shuts Off Voyager Science Instrument, More Power Cuts Ahead to Keep Both Probes Going
Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory turned off Voyager ... Voyager 2 was launched on August 20, 1977, on a trajectory toward the solar system’s gas giants, Jupiter and ...
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Power saver mode: Nasa switches off instrument aboard Voyager 2 to conserve energy
Nasa plans to shut down another instrument on Voyager 2 to conserve power, following a similar action on Voyager 1. This step aims to extend the life of the nearly 47-year-old spacecraft, now in ...
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NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
The energy-saving moves were necessary to extend their missions ... 1 discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and several of Saturn’s moons, and Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus ...
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NASA’s Voyager Probes Lose One Instrument Each as Power Wanes
Mission managers turned off Voyager 1’s cosmic ray subsystem ... in 1980. Voyager 2 followed suit, observing Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1981, and then became the first and so far only ...
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NASA disables two scientific instruments on Voyager 1 and 2 to ensure continued operation
These energy-saving measures are crucial to prolonging the missions ... discovering a thin ring around Jupiter and several of Saturn's moons, while Voyager 2 holds the distinction of being ...
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NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
The energy-saving moves were necessary to extend their missions, Voyager project manager ... Voyager 1 discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and several of Saturn’s moons, and Voyager 2 is the only ...