NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) deactivated the Low-energy Charged Particles (LECP) experiment on Voyager 1. The shutdown was necessitated by the spacecraft’s dwindling nuclear power supply, with the goal of extending the probe’s operational life in interstellar space. 

The LECP had operated almost continuously for nearly 49 years, having been active since the spacecraft’s launch in 1977.

This move was driven by nuclear-powered spacecraft's dwindling supply, with mission managers adding that disabling the LECP offered the best path to keep the probe operational.

The instrument was........

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