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NASA’s Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy

NASA’s Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy

Published by Jet Propulsion Laboratory on 04/26/2023

Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 spacecraft is more than 12 billion miles (20 billion kilometers) from Earth, using five science instruments to study interstellar space. To help keep those instruments operating despite a diminishing power supply, the aging spacecraft has begun using a small reservoir of backup power set aside as part of an onboard safety mechanism. The move will enable the mission to postpone shutting down a science instrument until 2026, rather than this year.

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