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The aging Voyager: How NASA keeps a 50-year-old probe communicating from the edge of the solar system

Nearly half a century after launch, Voyager continues transmitting from the solar system’s edge. This video explains how engineers manage a slowly decaying nuclear battery, shut down instruments, and perform remote operations billions of kilometers away, keeping the legendary probe alive as it drifts further into the cosmic void.

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