NASA engineers working to extend the Voyager missions cannot physically touch the spacecraft, cannot send a replacement part, and must wait nearly 24 hours for every command to arrive — and another 24 hours for the reply — yet they just bought Voyager 2 at least a year of extra life
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NASA engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory carried out a power-system swap on Voyager 2, nicknamed the "Big Bang," turning off certain powered devices and substituting lower-power alternatives while keeping the spacecraft warm enough to operate. The change delays the next instrument shutdown, even though commands to and from Voyager 2 take roughly 39 hours round trip.
A coordinated power-system swap has delayed Voyager 2's next instrument shutdown, even though every engineering exchange with the probe takes roughly 39 hours. The post NASA engineers working to extend the Voyager missions cannot physically touch the spacecraft, cannot send a replacement part, and must wait nearly 24 hours for every command to arrive — and another 24 hours for the reply — yet they just bought Voyager 2 at least a year of extra life appeared first on Space Daily .
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