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NASA shuts down 49-year-old Voyager 1 instrument to keep it alive
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NASA shuts down 49-year-old Voyager 1 instrument to keep it alive

ScienceDaily·5 months ago
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Voyager 1 just powered down a nearly 50-year-old instrument to stay alive in deep space. The spacecraft is running critically low on energy, forcing NASA to make careful sacrifices to keep its mission going.…

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Voyager 1 is Running Out of Power. NASA Just Switched Part of It Off - Slashdot
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Voyager 1 is Running Out of Power. NASA Just Switched Part of It Off - Slashdot

science.slashdot.org·@HashtagPLUS·5 months ago
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After 49 years of space travel, Voyager 1 "is running out of power," reports NPR: The spacecraft runs on a radioisotope thermoelectric generator — a device that converts heat from decaying plutonium into electricity.…

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Voyager 1 gets emergency instrument shutdown to solve escalating power crisis and give it ‘about a year of breathing room’ — interstellar spacecraft's nuclear power source is dying, leading to intensifying countermeasures
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Voyager 1 gets emergency instrument shutdown to solve escalating power crisis and give it ‘about a year of breathing room’ — interstellar spacecraft's nuclear power source is dying, leading to intensifying countermeasures

Tom's Hardware·Jowi Morales·5 months ago
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From Latest from Tom's Hardware: Voyager 1 gets emergency instrument shutdown to solve escalating power crisis and give it ‘about a year of breathing room’ — interstellar spacecraft's nuclear power source is dying, leading to intensifying countermeasures

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