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NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument
NASA shut off a Voyager instrument. Only these 4 remain.
Both Voyager craft, launched in 1977, convert heat produced by the decay of radioactive plutonium-238 into electricity. Over the decades, NASA engineers have strategically shut off instruments to extend the life of Voyager 1 and 2,
NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles
Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are powered by decaying plutonium, and they lose around 4 watts of power every year. In the 1980s, several of their instruments were turned off after the two spacecraft finished investigating the solar system's giant planets. This granted both probes extra power, boosting their longevity.
NASA shut off a Voyager 2 tool to save power
[Related: Voyager 1 defies the odds yet again and is back online.]
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NASA's Voyager 2 has turned off its PLS instrument to save energy after 47 years in space, with MIT reflecting on the mission ...
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MIT-designed plasma sensor shut down on Voyager 2 spacecraft after 47 years of service
Special equipment built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1970s and attached to NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft ...
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