This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission ...

In the silent, freezing expanse of interstellar space, a small spacecraft launched in the era of disco and analog tape has just achieved a feat once thought to belong only to science fiction. NASA’s ...

The farthest spacecraft from Earth has shut down another instrument in the hopes of buying time for an upgrade that could ...

On April 17, 2026, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent a command across 15 billion miles of space to shut down one of ...

NASA has shut down a science instrument on the iconic Voyager 1 probe, the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space.

After nearly 50 years in space, the two Voyager spacecraft are very low on nuclear power. Voyager 1 just shut off another ...

Two spacecraft called Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 blasted off to investigate Jupiter and Saturn. They’re still gathering data ...

“While shutting down a science instrument is not anybody’s preference, it is the best option available,” said Kareem ...

Originally launched in 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 is currently about 15 billion miles away from Earth, making it the farthest human-made object (that we know of) in the universe. Voyager 1 continues to ...

Nasa is rushing to find a solution to prevent its first interstellar spacecraft from running out of power. Voyager 1, which ...

On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an ...

NASA has made the difficult decision to shut off another instrument on Voyager 1. Here's what's next for the furthest manmade ...