Voyager 1 shuts off instrument to buy time before ‘Big Bang’ fix to extend the mission

The farthest spacecraft from Earth has shut down another instrument in the hopes of buying time for an upgrade that could ...
Smithsonian Magazine

To Keep the Voyager 1 Spacecraft on Its Interstellar Journey, NASA Turned Off One of Its Few Remaining Instruments

The probe launched almost 50 years ago and is the farthest human-made object from Earth. Shutting down one of its scientific ...
Scientific American

NASA shuts down one of Voyager 1’s instruments to try keep the spacecraft alive

“While shutting down a science instrument is not anybody’s preference, it is the best option available,” said Kareem ...
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on MSN

NASA Turns Off Two Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission

The farthest-flung human-made objects will be able to take their science-gathering even farther, thanks to these ...
KULR-8

Farthest spacecraft from Earth shuts down instrument to save power

Voyager 1, NASA's space probe that is the farthest human-made object from Earth, shut down another science instrument as ...
AOL

The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space

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NASA turns off another of Voyager 2’s instruments to save power

The venerable Voyager spacecrafts are now nearly 50 years old, and having headed out beyond the orbit of Pluto and into interstellar space, the pair are the most distant man-made objects in the ...