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NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument

NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles

NASA has turned off one of Voyager 2's science instruments as power conservation becomes crucial for the interstellar exploring spacecraft located 12.8 billion miles from home.

BGR · 2d

NASA bids farewell to Voyager 2’s plasma science instrument

NASA has powered off one of Voyager 2's science instruments to stretch the power supply and stave off the need for Voyager 2 to shut down.

Mashable on MSN · 15h

NASA shut off a Voyager instrument. Only these 4 remain.

Both Voyager craft, launched in 1977, convert heat produced by the decay of radioactive plutonium-238 into electricity. Over the decades, NASA engineers have strategically shut off instruments to extend the life of Voyager 1 and 2,

Digital Trends on MSN · 1d

NASA turns off another of Voyager 2’s instruments to save power

The Voyager spacecraft, launched in the 1970s, has turned off its plasma science instrument to save power for exploring interstellar space.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

SciTech Daily · 1d

12.8 Billion Miles From Home: How NASA Ingenuity Keeps Voyager 2 Running With Limited Power

NASA engineers have deactivated the plasma science instrument on the Voyager 2 spacecraft as its power diminishes over time. Despite this, the spacecraft, which is over 12.8 billion miles from Earth,

NASA, Deep Space Optical Communications

Phys.org on MSN · 2d

NASA's laser comms demo makes deep space record, completes first phase

The Deep Space Optical Communications tech demo has completed several key milestones, culminating in sending a signal to Mars' farthest distance from Earth.

Digital Trends on MSN · 10h

NASA can talk to its spacecraft using lasers now

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications test has completed its first phase, showing that laser communications in space are possible and faster than radio.

Daily Galaxy on MSN · 12h

NASA’s Laser Communication Sets Deep Space Record, Paving Way for Faster Data Transmission in Future Missions

NASA's groundbreaking Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration has set a new record in deep space laser communication, successfully transmitting a signal over an astonishing distance of 290 million miles (460 million kilometers)—equivalent to the farthest distance between Earth and Mars.

ESA, Hera and NASA

New Scientist on MSN · 1d

Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA's redirection test

The European Space Agency is sending a probe to get a closer look at the asteroid Dimorphos, which had its orbit altered by NASA’s DART mission in 2022

Phys.org on MSN · 1d

ESA's Hera mission takes flight toward the asteroid deflected by NASA's DART probe two years ago

The European Space Agency's Hera mission will set off from Cape Canaveral on 7 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will travel several hundred million kilometers to reach the double asteroid Didymos in autumn 2026.

Dailymotion on MSN · 1d

ESA Set to Launch Hera Mission, the First Planetary Defense Endeavor of Its Kind

Space is a pretty wild place with asteroids, rogue planets and possibly even aliens species being a threat to humanity. Now a new mission by the ESA is about to launch, heading into space to inspect the Dimorphos and Didymos asteroid pair to better understand how we might redirect it if it was coming our way.

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NASA releases photo of ocean world. It shows why NASA's going there.

NASA's about to launch a huge spacecraft to a world harboring voluminous seas.

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Exclusive: Conservative think tank targeting NASA employees' communications about Musk, Trump

An influential conservative think tank has asked the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to disclose what employees ...

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NASA's exoplanet hunter TESS spots a record-breaking 3-star system

Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, astronomers and citizen scientists have discovered a record-breaking system ...

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NASA Scientist-Turned-Beekeeper Turns Wyoming Hobby Into “Honey With Benefits”

Susan Frost of Lander, Wyoming, was a NASA researcher for 14 years. Now she’s a beekeeper, turning a retirement hobby into a ...

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NASA’s Lunar Rover Prototype Looks Like If a Tractor and a Golf Cart Had a Baby

Keep Roving In preparation for the first crewed lunar mission in half a century, NASA is prototyping a new Moon rover — and ...

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How to watch SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launch NASA's Europa Clipper probe on Oct. 10

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA's highly anticipated Europa Clipper astrobiology mission on Oct. 10, and you ...

NASA is working on a plan to replace its space station, but time is running out

Over the next several months, NASA will finalize a strategy for its operations in low-Earth orbit after 2030. Then, toward the end of next year, the space agency will award contracts to one or more ...

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NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson reflects on aborted spacewalk, Boeing Starliner situation

NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson completed her third mission to space last month when she touched down in Kazakhstan after 184 days ...

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