The farthest spacecraft from Earth has shut down another instrument in the hopes of buying time for an upgrade that could boost the aging probe’s impressive lifespan.

The probe launched almost 50 years ago and is the farthest human-made object from Earth. Shutting down one of its scientific ...

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

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

NASA shut down Voyager 1's charged particles instrument to save dwindling power, as the interstellar spacecraft loses about 4 ...

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 ...

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

"While shutting down a science instrument is not anybody's preference, it is the best option available." The post NASA Shuts ...

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

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory deactivated the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment on Voyager 1. The shutdown was ...

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 ...