When NASA launched Voyager in 1977, the spacecraft was built to work for about four years. Nearly five decades later it is ...

Voyager 1 is about to set a new record, reaching 1 light-day from Earth, having passed through the heliosphere into ...

The new goal of the revamped program was to study the outer solar system and the interstellar medium beyond the sun’s ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Voyager 1, which has traveled further from Earth than any other ...

Carrying a synopsis of what life on Earth is like in a golden record, the NASA probe will be the furthest from the solar ...

NASA has confirmed that after a pause in communications with Voyager 1 in late October, the spacecraft has regained its voice and resumed regular operations. Voyager unexpectedly turned off its ...

UNITED STATES - APRIL 26: Two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 to explore the planets in the outer solar system. Voyager 1, launched on 5th September 1977, flew past Jupiter at 278,000 ...

Launched between August and September 1977, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are the oldest and most distant probes built that are still active. They are also the only probes to have left our solar system and ...

Voyager 1 is one of humanity's greatest achievements in space travel. This spacecraft was launched by NASA in September 1977 on a one-way trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Originally, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most ...

This week marks 48 years since the Sept. 5, 1977, launch of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to study Jupiter and Saturn up close. Nearly a half-century later, Voyager 1 and ...