NASA is shutting down parts of Voyager 1 and 2 to extend their lifespan

About 50 years after the beginning of the first time, Voyager 1 and 2, still walking around the interdepartmental space – in the event of some failures over the years. Now NASA has announced that the twin voyager spacecraft lose some of the features in a proposal to extend his life in front of the decreased power supply.

On February 25, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) broke the Space Ray Subseque of Voyager 1 and will close the low-energy meter tool for Voyager 2 on March 25.

“Voyagers have been in deep space rock stars since the start and want to keep it as long as possible,” said Suzanne Dodd, Voyager Project Manager in JPL. “However, electricity works low. If we do not turn off an instrument in each Voyager, it will probably be the strength of the mission only a few months before announcing the end of the mission.”

Each probe will continue to work in three scientific tools, but keep another seven instruments off time. Only in October, NASA closed the plasma scientific tool of Voyager 2. However, both spacecraft lived the latest problems. Last June, Voyager 1 Finally, starting from the right job below Seven months of technical issuesincluding information not read. There was a similar issue two years ago. In 2023 Voyager 2 Three years ago, after demanding technical assistance, two weeks went in the dark.

NASA still gives you a lot of value in Voyager probes. “Every minute of every day, Voyagers explore a region where the spacecraft did not go,” said Linda Spilker, “This can end every day. Thus, it will bring all the stones, and it is all the starships. Maybe until you hit 50 years in 2027?

To continue NASA, a slightly corner for “pulling all the stops” is certainly functional for the 50th anniversary in 2027, despite the best efforts of the agency, as a tall order.