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 ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft will achieve an extraordinary milestone, becoming the first human-made object to reach a full ...

For instance, if the spacecraft uses too much power from its supply source, fault protection will kick in to conserve power by turning off non-essential systems, NASA explained. VOYAGER 1 DETECTS ...

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 ...

This new power plan should give Voyager 2 at least another few years of power to gather data. Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech. NASA wants to continue gathering data because every bit of data that ...

When they launched weeks apart in 1977, the Voyager probes carried identical sets of 10 science instruments. But over time, the probes’ power supply has gradually diminished.

NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched in 1977, are the longest-running missions to send data home. ... Each Voyager spacecraft launched with a nuclear power source made of plutonium.

Voyager 1 and 2 probes are designed to travel farther into deep space than any other human-made object—but keeping their systems functional requires a power source that’s up to the task.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...