Engineers have turned off Voyager 2's plasma science instrument ... This factored into the mission's decision to turn this instrument off before others." The switch-off command, which was ...
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, or the space between stars.
NEW YORK — To save power, NASA switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft. The space agency said Tuesday that Voyager 2's plasma science instrument ...
NASA has turned off Voyager 2's plasma science instrument to conserve power, enabling the spacecraft to continue its mission until the 2030s. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is over 12 billion miles ...