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NASA shuts down Voyager 1 instrument

NASA shuts off another Voyager 1 instrument ahead of risky 'big bang' maneuver to save power

After nearly 50 years in space, the two Voyager spacecraft are very low on nuclear power. Voyager 1 just shut off another instrument to save the mission.

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NASA shuts off Voyager 1 instrument to save power 15B miles from Earth

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NASA Shut Down Voyager 1 Science Instrument After Unexpected Power Drop

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NASA Unveils Powerful Space Telescope Ahead of September Launch

NASA unveiled its next-generation space observatory on Tuesday, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, now fully assembled ahead of its planned launch as early as this fall.

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NASA shuts off another Voyager 1 instrument as humanity's most distant spacecraft prepares for risky 'Big Bang' maneuver to save power

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NASA shuts off Voyager 1 probe

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NASA powers down two Voyager science instruments to extend mission life

Mission engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment aboard Voyager 1 on Feb. 25 and will shut off Voyager 2's low-energy charged particle instrument on March 24. Three science ...

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James Webb Powers On Its Science Instruments: What Comes Next?

The James Webb Space Telescope will be able to observe some of the most distant and ancient galaxies now it is in its new home, in orbit around the sun. Although it will be several months before it can start gathering science data, the science instruments ...