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

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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The difference that 60 years makes.

The first image is the world's first view of Earth taken by a #spacecraft from the vicinity of the #Moon.

The photo was transmitted to #Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and received at the #NASA tracking station at Robledo De Chavela near Madrid, Spain.

This crescent of the Earth was photographed August 23, 1966 at 16:35 GMT when the spacecraft was on its 16th orbit and just about to pass behind the Moon.

The second image is the earthset captured by the #Artemis II mission in 2026.

Orion Snaps a Selfie During External Inspection

Orion snapped this high-resolution selfie in space with a camera mounted on one of its solar array wings during a routine external inspection of the spacecraft on the second day into the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA

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Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right & bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

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