NASA has decided to turn off one of Voyager 2’s five remaining instruments—yet another sign that the space probes may be nearing the end of their historic missions. In an October 1 ...

Voyager 2 launched in 1977, just a few weeks before its twin. After leaving Earth behind, Voyager 2 embarked on what NASA ...

NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Tuesday ...

With less electricity available, NASA has decided to shut down one experiment on Voyager 2, the plasma science instrument.

Unfortunately, they were not able to stretch the reserve power as far as anticipated.

NASA has turned off one of Voyager 2's science instruments as power conservation becomes crucial for the interstellar exploring spacecraft located 12.8 billion miles from home. NASA engineers have ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

As also noted by the NASA Voyager 2 team on Twitter, this doesn’t leave the spacecraft completely blind to plasma in the interstellar medium as the plasma wave subsystem (PWS) is still active.

Recently, NASA announced that it is turning off another of Voyager 2’s science instruments to help maintain power for longer. The command was sent to turn off Voyager 2’s plasma science ...

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 ...

Although this provided Voyager 1 and 2 with about 470 W at 30 volts when they launched in 1977, the plutonium’s 87.74-year half-life means they have annually lost roughly 0.79-percent their power.