NASA shuts down Voyager 1 LECP instrument to extend mission
NASA has turned off the Low-Energy Charged Particles Experiment (LECP) on Voyager 1 after sending a shutdown command on April 17, 2026, which took over 23 hours to reach the spacecraft 25 billion kilometers away. Why NASA shut down the LECP instrument on Voyager 1 The shutdown follows a preplanned sequence to conserve power as … Weiterlesen …