Space technology is always one step ahead. With the rapid advances in this sector, drastic decisions have to be made with ...

Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...

There's more bad news for NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. The twin space probes left the solar system in 2012 and 2018 respectively, and are currently over 15 billion and 13 billion miles from ...

"The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible!" ...

NEW YORK (AP) — NASA is switching off two science instruments on its long-running twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Wednesday an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures ...

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Why Nasa is switching off instruments on its twin Voyager spacecraft - The twin spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, launched in 1977 and are currently in interstellar space ...

and Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune. Each spacecraft still has three instruments apiece to study the sun's protective bubble and the swath of space beyond. Voyager 1 ...

An illustration of the Voyager 2 spacecraft exploring space beyond the solar system. | Credit: NASA/Robert Lea (created with Canva) NASA engineers are turning off two instruments to ensure that ...

The Voyager spacecraft have been cruising through interstellar space for more than 47 years, collecting precious data on the vast cosmos. All that traveling has taken a toll on the farthest human ...