{"id":133362,"date":"2024-12-04T22:42:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133362"},"modified":"2024-12-04T22:42:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T15:42:39","slug":"nuclear-hearts-of-nasas-voyager-probes-are-dying-taking-the-crafts-with-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133362","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Hearts Of NASA\u2019s Voyager Probes Are Dying Taking The Crafts With Them"},"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 class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">After launching into space almost 50 years ago, <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/we-probably-won-t-know-when-voyager-1-finally-finds-ali-1851233996&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/we-probably-won-t-know-when-voyager-1-finally-finds-ali-1851233996\">NASA\u2019s Voyager probes are reaching the end<\/a><\/span> of their lives. The nuclear <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/nasa-s-voyager-1-probe-turns-45-today-1849487021&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/nasa-s-voyager-1-probe-turns-45-today-1849487021\">batteries onboard the two spacecraft<\/a><\/span> are running out of juice, which means NASA is counting down the days until the death of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 by <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/voyager-1-is-juggling-failing-thrusters-15-billion-mile-1851650204?_gl=1*1jldav1*_ga*MjA1MTkzODY5Mi4xNzA2NjI1Mjg2*_ga_V4QNJTT5L0*MTczMzMxNjgwMi41Ny4xLjE3MzMzMTgxNjYuNTMuMC4w&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/voyager-1-is-juggling-failing-thrusters-15-billion-mile-1851650204?_gl=1*1jldav1*_ga*MjA1MTkzODY5Mi4xNzA2NjI1Mjg2*_ga_V4QNJTT5L0*MTczMzMxNjgwMi41Ny4xLjE3MzMzMTgxNjYuNTMuMC4w\">slowly shutting off systems one by one<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-1 gRtQsx\">\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-0 dccRTD instream-native-video instream-permalink instream-native-video--mobile\">\n<div class=\"sc-1h0epat-0 bLunvE\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-4 kDKXjm video-html5-playlist\" data-playlist=\"193760,197316,197315\" data-current=\"193760\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-0 hAZDOz video-html5-loaded\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-1 jShsAa video-html5-player\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-0 ldLvgq video-html5 autoplay muted mobile\" data-video-id=\"193760\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"What Car Company Has the All-Time Best Logo?\" data-video-blog-id=\"12\" data-video-network=\"jalopnik\" data-video-duration=\"127\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-2 emBeiF video-top-bar\">\n<p>What Car Company Has the All-Time Best Logo?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><video disablepictureinpicture=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\" style=\"max-height:none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193760\/193760_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193760\/193760_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193760\/193760_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193760\/193760_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/19213.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">NASA launched Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 back in 1977 and since then the two craft have traveled further into space than anything else man made. Almost 50 years spent traveling the cosmos has taken its toll on the two probes <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/the-end-is-near-for-nasas-voyager-probes\/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/the-end-is-near-for-nasas-voyager-probes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and <em>Wired<\/em> resorts<\/a><\/span> that NASA is now preparing for the end. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">When NASA launched the two craft into space, <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/nuclear-powered-rockets-could-take-us-to-mars-if-we-ca-1851668105?_gl=1*b8egky*_ga*MjA1MTkzODY5Mi4xNzA2NjI1Mjg2*_ga_V4QNJTT5L0*MTczMzMxNjgwMi41Ny4xLjE3MzMzMTgxMzguOC4wLjA.&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/nuclear-powered-rockets-could-take-us-to-mars-if-we-ca-1851668105?_gl=1*b8egky*_ga*MjA1MTkzODY5Mi4xNzA2NjI1Mjg2*_ga_V4QNJTT5L0*MTczMzMxNjgwMi41Ny4xLjE3MzMzMTgxMzguOC4wLjA.\">they were fitted with nuclear batteries<\/a><\/span> that could generate power through decaying Plutonium-238 isotopes. Heat released by the decaying radioactive material is converted into energy to power the onboard systems, but <em>Wired <\/em>reports that this power is now running low: <\/p>\n<blockquote data-type=\"BlockQuote\" class=\"sc-8hxd3p-0 bijnoX\">\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">But as time passes, the plutonium on board is depleted, and so the [radioisotope thermoelectric generators] produce less and less energy. The Voyagers are therefore slowly dying. Nuclear batteries have a maximum lifespan of 60 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">In order to conserve the probes\u2019 remaining energy, the mission team is gradually shutting down the various instruments on the probes that are still active. For example, in October, Voyager 2\u2019s plasma science instrument\u2014which measures electrically charged atoms passing the probe\u2014was turned off; the same device on Voyager 1 was turned off in 2007 due to a malfunction. These instruments were used to study charged particles in the sun\u2019s magnetic field, and it is precisely this detector in 2018 that determined that Voyager 2 had exited the heliosphere and become interstellar.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 jXybyg align--left js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" id=\"\" data-id=\"ac9c243e5ab47c8908a41f4af3697ffe\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/ac9c243e5ab47c8908a41f4af3697ffe\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"900\" data-height=\"900\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"A black and white photo of a space rocket launching. \" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" style=\"width:900px\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 fDJNBs has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:900px\" data-alt=\"A black and white photo of a space rocket launching. \" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"other-license\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 knmQPh js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:100%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 hGpdBg\"><picture class=\"sc-epkw7d-0 diKDHf lazy-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/ac9c243e5ab47c8908a41f4af3697ffe.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_490\/ac9c243e5ab47c8908a41f4af3697ffe.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A black and white photo of a space rocket launching. \" data-chomp-id=\"ac9c243e5ab47c8908a41f4af3697ffe\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-height=\"900\" data-alt=\"A black and white photo of a space rocket launching. \" data-anim-src=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/ac9c243e5ab47c8908a41f4af3697ffe.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 aUlrP caption\">A lot has changed since Voyager 1 and 2 launched in 1977. <\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 joTjeT has-caption\">Photo<!-- -->: <!-- -->NASA<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"ac9c243e5ab47c8908a41f4af3697ffe\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/ac9c243e5ab47c8908a41f4af3697ffe\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"900\" data-height=\"900\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"A black and white photo of a space rocket launching. \" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">The reduced power onboard means that <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/voyager-1-reconnects-with-earth-over-radio-transmitter-1851686667&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/voyager-1-reconnects-with-earth-over-radio-transmitter-1851686667\">NASA has had to make some difficult decisions<\/a><\/span> with regards to what sensors and instruments are still running on the two Voyager probes. After covering around 15 billion miles, just four instruments remain active onboard, including a magnetometer and other apparatus that can study the galactic environment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Thankfully communications between Earth and the two probes are still up and running after NASA regained contact with Voyager 1 last month. Voyager 2 has also faced comms issues of its own that NASA had to work through last year, <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/voyager-probes-dying&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/voyager-probes-dying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adds <em>Futurism<\/em><\/a><\/span><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Now, the teams behind the two craft are targeting the 50th anniversary of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in 2027. Teams are hopeful that the two probes will last that long, and anything extra is a nice bonus, as Futurism reports: <\/p>\n<blockquote data-type=\"BlockQuote\" class=\"sc-8hxd3p-0 bijnoX\">\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Nonetheless, the team is still appreciative of a groundbreaking, decades-long mission that\u2019s even managed to escape the heliopause, the outer boundary of the Sun\u2019s heliosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">\u201cI think we\u2019re all happy and relieved that the Voyager probes have both operated long enough to make it past this milestone,\u201d said Voyager project manager Suzanne Dodd in a November statement. \u201cThis is what we\u2019ve all been waiting for. Now we\u2019re looking forward to what we\u2019ll be able to learn from having both probes outside the heliopause.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 fuSEnv align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" id=\"\" data-id=\"95be1c7b5587b4fd3aa220616418de19\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/95be1c7b5587b4fd3aa220616418de19\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"900\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"a photo of engineers working on the Voyager probe on Earth. \" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 fDJNBs has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1600px\" data-alt=\"a photo of engineers working on the Voyager probe on Earth. \" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"other-license\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 knmQPh js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.3%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 hGpdBg\"><picture class=\"sc-epkw7d-0 diKDHf lazy-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/95be1c7b5587b4fd3aa220616418de19.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_1315\/95be1c7b5587b4fd3aa220616418de19.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a photo of engineers working on the Voyager probe on Earth. \" data-chomp-id=\"95be1c7b5587b4fd3aa220616418de19\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-height=\"900\" data-alt=\"a photo of engineers working on the Voyager probe on Earth. \" data-anim-src=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/95be1c7b5587b4fd3aa220616418de19.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 aUlrP caption\">Do not go gentle into that good night. <\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 joTjeT has-caption\">Photo<!-- -->: <!-- -->NASA<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"95be1c7b5587b4fd3aa220616418de19\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/95be1c7b5587b4fd3aa220616418de19\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"900\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"a photo of engineers working on the Voyager probe on Earth. \" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Once power goes out, the two craft will continue on their current trajectory until they hit something, which means there\u2019s just no knowing <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 kdASgk js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/carl-sagan-voyager-golden-record-is-for-sale-1850674708&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/carl-sagan-voyager-golden-record-is-for-sale-1850674708\">quite how far the famed gold disc<\/a><\/span> strapped to each probe will make it into the cosmos. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<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<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/nuclear-hearts-of-nasa-s-voyager-probes-are-dying-takin-1851713066\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After launching into space almost 50 years ago, NASA\u2019s Voyager probes are reaching the end of their lives. 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