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 ...

How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

Launched in , Voyager and have ventured into interstellar space, becoming the farthest human-made objects from Earth, thanks ...

To help them conserve energy, mission operators at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are shutting off one scientific instrument on Voyager 1 and another on Voyager 2. The move will buy both ...

The adventures of both probes is coming to an end, as their power supplies are starting to dwindle and fail after 47 years in deep space. NASA is looking at ways to extend their lifespans and to ...

We are *** dot, but if you didn't know, that wasn't the only probe we sent out into space. Voyager 2 was launched before Voyager 1 by 16 days, and it was set on *** similar mission to explore the ...

Saying farewell is hard, and in the case of the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft doubly so, seeing as how they have been with us for more than 47 years. From the highs of the 1970s and 1980s during ...

The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space The farthest spacecraft ...