Voyager space probe closes in on a 50 year mission (www.theregister.com)

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[-] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Not to be a "snob", but chances are if you know about Voyager 1/2, you probably know that their power supplies are running out. More clarity is never bad though.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

I didn't realize this detail about them, and I'm old enough to have read about them like crazy at launch time.

Good info, I'd wondered how they were powered, but never enough to go look it up (I probably knew in 1978, but that was a few years ago).

[-] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

There are actually tons of nuclear power systems like this in space:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_systems_in_space

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