NASA Voyager 2 Shuts Down Plasma Science Instrument to Conserve Power

NASA engineers have powered down the plasma science instrument on Voyager 2 to conserve energy. Launched in 1977, the spacecraft is now 12.8 billion miles from Earth. With power decreasing yearly, NASA aims to keep at least one instrument functional into the 2030s. The plasma science instrument, which helped confirm Voyager 2’s crossing into interstellar space in 2018…

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