In 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 probes were sent into space with 27 pieces of music, referred to as the “Golden Records”.

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 ...

Voyager 1 is over 15 billion miles (25 billion km) from Earth and Voyager 2 is 13 billion miles (21 billion km) away. That's so far that it can take almost two days for a radio signal to make the ...

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 ...

NASA launched a load of earthly cultural goodies into space to benefit the extra-terrestrials including two Voyager Golden ...

In brief: Mission control specialists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are taking additional energy-conserving measures to ensure their Voyager probes can continue operating in interstellar ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) NASA has powered down certain instruments on the Voyager spacecraft to extend their operational life. Voyager 1's cosmic ray subsystem and Voyager 2's low-energy ...

NASA's twin Voyager probes are coming up on half a century in action, and as a result, their power supplies are dwindling. To help them conserve energy, mission operators at the agency's Jet ...

For nearly 50 years, Nasa’s twin Voyager spacecraft have just kept swimming – or zooming through space, collecting data from interstellar space farther than any other mission. NASA is trying ...