1. Table of status of science instruments aboard the two Voyager spacecraft 2. Graphic of the spacecraft with locations of the instruments Source: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/where-are-voyager-1-and-voyager-2-now/

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1. AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 20:42:32 UTC AkaSci 🛰️

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   Let's take a moment to marvel at the design of the Voyager spacecraft software - written in assembly language for a custom 1970s CPU, in less than 70 KB of RAM, able to react to failures and keep comms. up.

   Possibly, NASA may have to turn off one more instrument on Voyager 1. Over the 47 years since launch, Voyager instruments have gradually been shut off as power levels have declined by over 50%.

   But the Voyagers continue to boldly go where no spacecraft has gone before.
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