The Voyager 1 spacecraft is functioning normally again after the aging probe’s dwindling power supply triggered a communications blackout. It’s one of several challenges faced by the ...

Voyager 2, launched in 1977, remains the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune. It is now more than 12 billion miles from Earth. Its twin, Voyager 1, is even farther out, traveling ...

With power levels steadily dropping, NASA faces tough decisions on how to manage Voyager 1’s remaining energy. The spacecraft’s power supply, generated by decaying plutonium, is expected to ...

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is functioning normally again after the aging probe’s dwindling power supply triggered a communications blackout. It’s one of several challenges faced by the ...

Power Challenges and the Long Road Ahead. Although Voyager 1‘s communication systems have been successfully restored, the ...

And half of the 50 years, NASA Voyager 1 has spent billions of miles traveling into interstellar space. In October, it went ...

Voyager 1 spent the last 47 years hurtling in a straight line away from Earth, exploring the deepest reaches of space that humanity has ever ventured. However, NASA must carefully manage Voyager 1 ...

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft experienced a brief pause in communications after putting itself in a protective state to conserve power. Now, it is using its secondary transmitter that’s been ...

NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched 47 years ago, are shutting off some science instruments in an effort to conserve power and keep their storied missions going. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 ...

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is functioning normally again after the aging probe’s dwindling power supply triggered a communications blackout. It’s one of several challenges faced by the ...

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is functioning normally again after the aging probe’s dwindling power supply triggered a communications blackout. It’s one of several challenges faced by the ...