Just last week, NASA also turned off an instrument on Voyager 1 that is designed to study cosmic rays. These energy-saving measures are crucial to prolonging the missions, as explained by Voyager ...

Nearly 50 years after they were first launched, Voyager 1 and 2 are still traveling around interstellar space — though they've faced some setbacks over the years. Now, NASA has announced that the twin ...

NASA has explored the space beyond Earth and our solar system with spacecraft like Voyagers 1 and 2, and how we’ve discovered ...

Nearly 50 years after they were first launched, Voyager 1 and 2 are still traveling around interstellar space — though they've faced some setbacks over the years. Now, NASA has announced that ...

Voyager 1 has officially entered interstellar space, making it the most distant human-made object ever! After 48 years of exploration, it continues to send back data from beyond our solar system. But ...

On February 14, 1990, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured one of history's most iconic images — a glimpse of Earth from 3.7 billion miles away. In that moment, humanity appeared as a speck, adrift in ...

following a similar action on Voyager 1. This step aims to extend the life of the nearly 47-year-old spacecraft, now in interstellar space. Despite some shutdowns, both Voyagers continue to gather ...

NASA engineers are turning off two instruments to ensure that the twin spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, can continue exploring space beyond the limits of the solar system. To save energy for ...

There are only two human spacecraft in interstellar space. And their fuel is dwindling. Voyager 1 — launched in 1977 and now over 15.6 billion miles from Earth — started out with 10 science ...

Last week, NASA powered down an instrument on Voyager 1 designed to study cosmic rays. The energy-saving moves were necessary to extend their missions, Voyager project manager Suzanne Dodd at the ...

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are both exploring uncharted territory in interstellar space. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, sent a command for Voyager 1 to power ...