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 Switches off Instrument on Voyager 2 Spacecraft to Save Power NEW YORK (AP) — To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft.

NASA operators turned off Voyager 2's plasma science experiment in October 2024. The experiment aimed to measure how much plasma flows past it and in what direction. The Voyager 2 instrument had ...

NASA has opted to switch off the probe's plasma science instrument. Voyager 2 launched in 1977, just a few weeks before its twin. After leaving Earth behind, Voyager 2 embarked on what NASA termed ...

To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft. The space agency said Tuesday that Voyager 2's plasma science instrument — designed ...

FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows the "Sounds of Earth" record being mounted on the Voyager 2 spacecraft in the Safe-1 Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Aug. 4, 1977. (AP Photo ...

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