Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted October 2, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted October 2, 2024 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up NASA switches off Voyager 2 instrument to save power To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft. The space agency said that Voyager 2’s plasma science instrument – designed to measure the flow of charged atoms – was powered down in late September so the spacecraft can keep exploring for as long as possible, expected into the 2030s. NASA turned off a suite of instruments on Voyager 2 and its twin Voyager 1 after they explored the gas giant planets in the 1980s. Both are currently in interstellar space – the space between stars. The plasma instrument on Voyager 1 stopped working long ago and was finally shut down in 2007. Four remaining instruments on Voyager 2 will continue collecting information about magnetic fields and particles. Its goal is to study the swaths of space beyond the sun’s protective bubble. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune. It is currently more than 19.31 billion kilometres from earth. Voyager 1 is more than 24.14 billion kilometres from earth. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #NASA #switches #Voyager #instrument #save #power This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/140666-nasa-switches-off-voyager-2-instrument-to-save-power/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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