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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and 2, initially sent to explore the outer planets, ultimately became the first human-made objects to ...

For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most perplexing mysteries about our solar system and its place in the wider ...

The twin probes should operate for about a year before the team is forced to shut off yet more instruments. Reading time 3 minutes The Voyager spacecraft have been cruising through interstellar space ...

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NASA's twin Voyager probes are coming up on half a century in action, and as a result, their power supplies are dwindling. To help them conserve energy, mission operators at the agency's Jet ...

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 ...