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    fossilesque@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months ago

    NASA Shuts Off Voyager Science Instrument, More Power Cuts Ahead to Keep Both Probes Going

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    NASA Shuts Off Voyager Science Instrument, More Power Cuts Ahead to Keep Both Probes Going

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    fossilesque@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months ago
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    The twin probes should operate for about a year before the team is forced to shut off yet more instruments.
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      It’s really fucking wild that they can still operate at all.

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        And there’s a second layer of it being wild that we can even communicate with them, despite being outside of the solar system, and being 50 years old.

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