<![CDATA[NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating]]>NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating

The Low-energy Charged Particles experiment has been operating almost without interruption since Voyager 1 launched in 1977 - almost 49 years.

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NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating - NASA Science

On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the

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