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NASA figured out how to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year

NASA figured out how to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year

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Voyager 2, launched in 1977 by NASA, has continued operating its remaining science instruments after mission engineers carried out a power reduction operation while the probe is in interstellar space. The move is expected to keep the 48-year-old spacecraft running for another year.

NASA's Voyager 2 probe, which launched in 1977, can keep operating its last science instruments after a power reduction operation performed in interstellar space.

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