Voyager 1 shuts off instrument to buy time before ‘Big Bang’ fix to extend the mission

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from our planet, has powered down another science instrument as it explores uncharted interstellar space — a move that could buy time for an ambitious attempt to extend the probe’s impressive lifespan. NASA sent a command on April 17 to deactivate the spacecraft’s Low-energy