NASA Completes Daring 'Big Bang' Fix on the Voyager 2 Probe, Allowing It to Keep Studying Interstellar Space

NASA Completes Daring 'Big Bang' Fix on the Voyager 2 Probe, Allowing It to Keep Studying Interstellar Space

Scientists swapped three of the probe’s heating devices for ones that use less energy, and they might do the same with Voyager 1. Both spacecraft launched almost 50 years ago

BIG BANG! Voyager 2 Just Got More Life — And NASA Isn’t Done Yet

BIG BANG! Voyager 2 Just Got More Life — And NASA Isn’t Done YetVoyager 2 was never supposed to still be doing this. Nearly 49 years after launch, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft is still exploring interstellar space — and engineers have just found a new way to keep its remaining science instruments operating. Credit to : NASASpaceNews

Voyager 2 Gets a 'Big Bang' Moment

Voyager 2 is hurtling through space about 13.3 billion miles (21.4 billion km) from Earth, and NASA engineers have just performed a maneuver to keep the power flowing on the 49-year-old spacecraft.