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    NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating

    An artist’s concept of a Voyager spacecraft silhouetted against a vibrant purple and teal nebula.

    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 Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, or LECP. The nuclear-powered spacecraft is running low on power, and turning off the LECP is considered the best way to keep humanity’s first interstellar explorer […]

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