Voyager Mission Extended with New Power Strategy.
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NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched in 1977, is using a small reservoir of backup power to keep its five science instruments operating despite a diminishing power supply. The move will enable the mission to postpone shutting down a science instrument until 2026, rather than this year. Voyager 2 and its twin Voyager 1 are the only spacecraft ever to operate outside the heliosphere, the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields generated by the Sun.
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