NASA is decommissioning two more instruments on the 47-year-old Voyager space probes due to dwindling power. Only three of ...

With the latest shutdowns, NASA says the Voyager probes should have enough power to keep operating for another year. The Voyagers have greatly surpassed the lifespan expected from their two-planet ...

No human-made objects have traveled further into the final frontier than Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, but both probes are ...

Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012, followed by Voyager 2 in 2018, making them the only spacecraft to operate ...

Why Nasa is switching off instruments on its twin Voyager spacecraft - The twin spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, launched in 1977 ...

Scientists will have observations from one less instrument on each spacecraft moving forward, however, NASA officials announced on March 5. Mission managers turned off Voyager 1’s cosmic ray ...

However, NASA isn’t ready to say goodbye just yet, and is taking measures to get as much life out of the pair as possible. On March 5, Voyager mission engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

The 50th birthday is a must, but the Voyager probes should ideally continue to work into the 2030s. To achieve this, however, ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — NASA is switching off two science instruments on its long-running twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Wednesday an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures ...

NASA engineers are resorting to shutting off science instruments on both Voyager probes to keep the two iconic missions alive. Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory turned off ...