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

NASA engineers have made a crucial decision to extend the life of Voyager 1, humanity’s farthest-reaching spacecraft, by ...

In November 2026, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft will become the first human-made object to travel a full light-day from Earth.

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

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

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

It takes a beam of light a single day to travel 16.1 billion miles, a distance known as a light-day. It'll take Voyager 1, the American spacecraft moving at 10.6 miles per second, more than 49 years ...

NASA engineers have shut down another instrument on Voyager 1 to preserve the power of the most distant spacecraft ever sent ...

Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November 2026, the probe will be one light-day from Earth. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is ...