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 ...