Even crippled, even without power, even without applause from the beings who first made it, Voyager 1 may yet make itself the ...

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 ...

(NASA/JPL-Caltech) Voyager 1 has been on an incredible journey that's defied all expectations. And it's about to achieve yet ...

The venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft is one step closer to the end of its scientific road. NASA turned off one of its three remaining operational instruments last Friday to save power after the ...

Nearly 49 years after its launch, NASA's Voyager 1 continues to send data from around 25 billion kilometres away, making it ...

Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November 2026, the probe will be one light-day from Earth. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is ...

Both Voyager probes run on radioisotope thermoelectric generators, or devices that convert the heat provided by decaying plutonium into electricity. Since the probes began flying nearly half a century ...

The historic interstellar pioneer will now rely exclusively on its magnetometer and plasma wave sensors to continue mapping ...

On April 17, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, or ...

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 ...

NASA has shut down one of the science instruments on board the iconic Voyager 1 space probe in an effort to extend the life of humanity's first interstellar vehicle. The decision was made as power ...