ScienceAlert April 28, 2026 • 02:00

NASA Shuts Down Another Piece of Voyager 1 to Extend Its Interstellar Mission - ScienceAlert

By Universe Today

The farthest spacecraft from Earth, the Voyager 1 probe, has just shut down another instrument.

The farthest spacecraft from Earth, the Voyager 1 probe, has just shut down another instrument.
The reason for this shutdown is that Voyager's mission team wants to conserve power, which the aging s… [+4707 chars]

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NASA Shuts Down Another Piece of Voyager 1 to Extend Its Interstellar Mission - ScienceAlert

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