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These kinds of incidents are to be expected with an aging spacecraft, though. The team is also actively managing the power supply onboard each spacecraft, which is dwindling each year as the probes' radioactive generators grow increasingly inefficient. This year, mission personnel turned off heaters keeping a number of scientific instruments on board warm in the harsh, cold environment of space — and, much to everyone's surprise, those instruments are still working perfectly well.
The edges of the solar system have been full of surprises, too. It would make sense that plasma from the sun becomes more sparse and spread out as you move away from the center of the solar system, but in fact, the Voyagers have encountered much denser plasma after crossing the heliopause. Astronomers are still puzzled about that one.
"It's just so amazing that even after all this time we continue to see the sun's influence in interstellar space," Spilker said."I'm looking forward to Voyager continuing to operate, perhaps reaching the 50th anniversary." The Pioneer spacecraft hold a special place in space history because of their role as, you guessed it, pioneers.
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