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Probing Voyager spacecraft longevity

Posted: 04 Mar 2013  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe 

Keywords:Voyager  Jet Propulsion Laboratory  reliability  redundancy  electronics parts 

[Summary of tips] The term "elderly integrated circuits" does not roll easily off the tongue. Yet there are, far from earth, integrated circuits that in semiconductor terms are very elderly indeed—and that are still functioning.They are, of course, components on-board the two spacecraft launched in 1977 and known as Voyager 1 and Voyager 2......
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