Voyager 2 was running out of power. NASA just bought it more time

Voyager 2 was running out of power. NASA just bought it more time

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has successfully executed a power conservation initiative on Voyager 2, a spacecraft that has been operating in space for nearly 50 years. The procedure, referred to internally as the “Big Bang,” involved simultaneously deactivating certain power-consuming systems and replacing them with more efficient alternatives while maintaining adequate thermal conditions for the spacecraft to continue functioning. Both Voya…