NASA's twin Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, both running on nuclear power, now have access to just a portion of the 470 ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, now approaching the 50-year mark of their pioneering journey, face the brink of ...

This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.

Voyager 1 just powered down a nearly 50-year-old instrument to stay alive in deep space. The spacecraft is running critically ...

The farthest spacecraft from Earth has shut down another instrument in the hopes of buying time for an upgrade that could boost the aging probe’s impressive lifespan.

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. The probe now has two of its original ten science instruments still in operation. Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, are the ...

“While shutting down a science instrument is not anybody’s preference, it is the best option available,” said Kareem Badaruddin, Voyager mission manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in ...

Voyager 1 is losing power, and NASA just shut down a decades-old instrument to keep it going. The sacrifice could help the ...

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth, nearing nearly 16 billion miles away. The probe now has two of its original ten science instruments still in operation as NASA ...

The iconic Voyager 2 spacecraft celebrated its 35th birthday Monday (Aug. 20) in a milestone for NASA's longest-running mission ever. Voyager 2 launched in 1977 just 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1 ...

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 ...