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Voyager 1 just powered down a nearly 50-year-old instrument to stay alive in deep space. The spacecraft is running critically ...

This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.

Voyager 1 Is 24 Billion Kilometers Away — How Much Longer Can It Survive?

NASA's Voyager 1 — the farthest spacecraft from Earth — has recently deactivated one of its five-decade-old instruments in an ...

Voyager 1 is one of humanity's greatest achievements in space travel. This spacecraft was launched by NASA in September 1977 on a one-way trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Originally, it ...

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After 47 years it’s little wonder that the hydrazine-powered thrusters of the Voyager 1, used to orient the spacecraft in such a way that its 3.7 meter (12 foot) diameter antenna always points back ...

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

A software glitch is making NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft act a little bit haunted this Halloween season. On October 17, Voyager 1 switched its main radio transmitter to a different frequency, leaving ...

NASA revived roll thrusters on the 47-year-old Voyager 1 that were thought to be dead for two decades. According to the space agency, scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA, located in ...

This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to... Nearly half a century ago, a spacecraft roughly the ...