{"id":109755,"date":"2024-10-03T03:08:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T20:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109755"},"modified":"2024-10-03T03:08:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T20:08:45","slug":"nasa-switches-off-instrument-on-voyager-2-spacecraft-to-save-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109755","title":{"rendered":"NASA switches off instrument on Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nasa-voyager-spacecraft-communication-restored-9ffefe087b3db279c261073c45a71131\">Voyager 2 spacecraft.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The space agency said Tuesday that Voyager 2\u2019s plasma science instrument \u2014 designed to measure the flow of charged atoms \u2014 was powered down in late September so the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/nasas-voyager-2-becomes-2nd-craft-in-interstellar-space-720ab4c6a4d440148cef82c7ae03fb54\">spacecraft can keep exploring<\/a><\/span> for as long as possible, expected into the 2030s. <\/p>\n<p>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. The plasma instrument on Voyager 1 stopped working long ago and was finally shut down in 2007. <\/p>\n<p>Four remaining instruments on Voyager 2 will continue collecting information about magnetic fields and particles. Its goal is to study the swaths of space beyond the sun\u2019s protective bubble.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune. It\u2019s currently more than 12 billion miles (19.31 billion kilometers) from Earth. Voyager 1 is over 15 billion miles (24.14 billion kilometers) from Earth.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u2019s Science and Educational Media Group. 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