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NASA shuts down Voyager 2 science instrument as power diminishes

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A spacecraft with a white dome dominating its structure against a red and brown background

NASA engineers have shut down one of Voyager 2’s science instruments due to the spacecraft’s power supply dwindling as it explores interstellar space. Voyager 2 launched into space on August 20, 1977 and left the solar system on November 5, 2018. It is currently 12.8 billion miles (20.5 billion kilometers) from Earth and is using … Read more