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Nathan from Aurora: Since New Horizons is nuclear powered and

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it will be capable of transmitting useful data after completing its original mission,

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as the Voyager probes did...If so, how many extra years could the probe function?

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Well, Tiffany, we have enough power onboard the spacecraft to last us until at least the year 2026,

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which is 10 or 11 years past the Pluto encounter,

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so we'll continue to do as much interesting science as we can as power on board the spacecraft permits us,

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even after the Kuiper-Belt encounter has occurred.

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