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  "path": "/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T20:46:56.000Z",
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  "textContent": "On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, or LECP. The nuclear-powered spacecraft is running low on power, and turning off the LECP is considered the best way to keep humanity’s first interstellar explorer […]\n\nThe post NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating appeared first on NASA Science.",
  "title": "NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating"
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