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> How long can they keep running, another 5 or 10 years max?

NASA hopes to make it the 2030s with 1 remaining science instrument on each[0]. Currently, Voyager 1 has 3 remaining instruments (of 11) and Voyager 2 only has 2. ~2036 is the maximum cutoff, as then they will be out of range of the Deep Space Network[1].

[0] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-turns-off-two-voyager-sci...

[1] https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/frequently-asked-qu...


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