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NASA is keeping Voyager 1 alive by switching off instruments and heaters one by one—but it cannot let the spacecraft become so cold that its fuel lines freeze. If those lines fail, Voyager could lose the thrusters that keep its antenna aimed at Earth, per
NASA is managing a critical power decline for Voyager 1 as it approaches a historic distance milestone from Earth.