# Voyager 2 Gets a Power Reprieve: NASA’s “Big Bang” Buys the Probe Another Year

Since the Nixon years, Voyager 2 has shed roughly 4 watts of usable power annually — and that slow bleed was on track to claim yet another one of its science instruments before 2026 ended. Now it won't. A procedure nicknamed the "Big Bang," carried out by engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborator

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| Published | 11 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/voyager-2-gets-a-power-reprieve-nasas-big-bang-buys-the-probe-another-year/