The Voyager probes are each turning off an instrument to avoid ending their 47-year-long missions later this year.

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

NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched in 1977, are the longest-running missions to send data home. But as their power ...

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 ...

The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space, but their mission in interstellar ...

NASA engineers are turning off two instruments on Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 to ensure these twin spacecraft can continue ...

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

For nearly five decades, the twin Voyager spacecraft have pushed the boundaries of human exploration, venturing deeper into ...

In an effort to conserve Voyager 2's dwindling energy and extend the spacecraft's mission, NASA has shut down another of its ...

To save energy for further interstellar exploration ... After all, the two spacecraft have traveled a combined 29 billion miles to become the farthest human-built objects from Earth.