Linda Spilker, the Voyager mission’s project scientist, spoke to Gizmodo about the challenges that come with operating the ...

The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...

Instruments on Voyagers 1 and 2 are being shut off to keep the probes running until the 2030s. Instruments on Voyagers 1 and 2 are being shut off to keep the probes running until the 2030s.

Space technology is always one step ahead. With the rapid advances in this sector, drastic decisions have to be made with ...

After successfully completing each half of their tours, the spacecraft kept going (and going… and going) traveling in opposite directions out into the universe. According to NASA, Voyager 1 is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Katy is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. NASA has taken the decision to shut off two more ...

Voyager 1 completed its planetary objectives and entered into an extended mission phase in 1980, eventually becoming the first human-made object to reach interstellar space in 2012. Voyager 2 ...

Each spacecraft still has three instruments apiece to study the sun's protective bubble and the swath of space beyond. Voyager 1 is over 15 billion miles (24.14 billion kilometers) from Earth and ...

Voyager 1 And 2 Continue Offering New Mysteries From Interstellar Space After successfully completing each half of their tours, the spacecraft kept going (and going… and going) traveling in opposite ...