NASA shuts down more Voyager science instruments to prolong mission

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is conserving energy on Voyager probes in interstellar space by shutting down instruments like the cosmic ray subsystem on Voyager 1 and the low-energy charged particle experiment on Voyager 2. Launched in 1977, the probes have been using a radioisotope power system that is running out of fuel, leading to the shutdown of various instruments to extend the missions. Despite these energy-saving measures, NASA expects to have to turn off more instruments in about a year.

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