NASA Is Turning Off Voyager 1 to Keep It Alive

On April 17, 2026, NASA switched off one of Voyager 1's last remaining science instruments. Not because it failed. Because keeping it on would have forced an automatic shutdown they might not recover from in time.
Voyager 1 is over 15.5 billion miles from Earth. It has been flying for 49 years. It was built to last five. And right now, the engineers keeping it alive are developing a plan called the Big Bang — a last attempt to extend the mission before the power runs out for good.
This is what is actually happening.
Voyager 2 gets the procedure first — May and June 2026. If it works, Voyager 1 follows in July. One light-day is November 15.
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