
Voyager 1 Trims Its Payload to Push Deeper into Interstellar Space
NASA has shut down Voyager 1’s Low-energy Charged Particles instrument to conserve dwindling power as the probe—about 15 billion miles from Earth—continues its interstellar voyage; seven of its ten instrument sets have been turned off so far, with Voyager 2’s LECP already disabled, and the team plans further shutdowns along with a 'Big Bang' power swap to keep data flowing from beyond the heliosphere.

