The LECP has been operating almost without interruption since the Voyager 1 and 2 probes launched in 1977. Meanwhile, the power output of Voyager 1's RTGs has been declining by about 4 watts per year, ...

Voyager 1 is one of humanity's greatest achievements in space travel. This spacecraft was launched by NASA in September 1977 on a one-way trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Originally, it ...

On April 17, 2026, NASA sent a command to Voyager 1 that took nearly 23 hours to arrive. When it did, the spacecraft’s Low Energy Charged Particle instrument went quiet for the first time since the ...

Voyager 1 is about to reach a huge milestone ...

Contrary to its name, Voyager 2 was the first of the vehicles launched into space first in Aug. 20 1977 from Florida. Its twin probe, Voyager 1, launched two weeks later on Sept. 5. At more than 15 ...

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 ...

Nasa shut down one of Voyager 1’s science instruments to conserve dwindling power and keep the nearly 49-year-old spacecraft operating as it continues its journey through interstellar space more than ...

In 1977, NASA launched an ambitious mission: Two spacecraft called Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 blasted off to investigate Jupiter and Saturn. They’re still gathering data today—now, in interstellar ...

Engineers spent months working to repair link with Earth’s most distant spacecraft, says space agency Earth’s most distant spacecraft, Voyager 1, has started communicating properly again with Nasa ...

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 ...