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Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down cosmic ray instrument on Voyager 2
The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...
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The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
Most RTGs are built using plutonium-238 as their source ... capture the power of RTGs quite like the Voyager missions. NASA launched the twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in 1977 to take ...
Keeping Voyager Alive: NASA’s Project Scientist Faces Painful Choices as the Iconic Mission Nears Its End
Linda Spilker, the Voyager mission’s project scientist, spoke to Gizmodo about the challenges that come with operating the ...
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...
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Inside radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Plutonium-238 decays into uranium-234 and ... use and also be safe in the event of an accident. The RTGs on the Voyager probes have allowed the spacecraft to stay powered up while they collect ...
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Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Most RTGs are built using plutonium-238 as their source ... capture the power of RTGs quite like the Voyager missions. NASA launched the twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in 1977 to take ...
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Radioisotope generators—inside the 'nuclear batteries' that power faraway spacecraft
Most RTGs are built using plutonium-238 as their source ... capture the power of RTGs quite like the Voyager missions. NASA launched the twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in 1977 to take ...