Summary:
- NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, which has been exploring the outer solar system for over 40 years, has bid farewell to its plasma science instrument.
- The instrument, known as the Plasma Science (PLS) experiment, stopped functioning on October 25, 2022, marking the end of its long and successful mission.
- The PLS instrument provided valuable data on the solar wind and the interaction between the solar wind and the magnetic fields of the planets and interstellar space, contributing to our understanding of the outer solar system.