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KEY FINDING: It measured radio
waves from Jupiter and Saturn,
resulting in a creepy album called
Voyager: Sound of the Cosmos which
makes Jupiter sound like even more 10
of a monster.
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SHUTDOWN DATE: Still active, but
waning. 2
PURPOSE: Power the craft and keep it
warm with Plutonium-238. 11
KEY FINDING: It has allowed for the
28-year extended mission of both
craft, though the radiation given off
may drop too low to continuously
power the craft past the early 2020s.
John Wenz is a former associate
editor of Astronomy.
JAY SMITH FOR ASTRONOMY, AFTER NASA/JPL
