The venerable Voyager spacecrafts are now nearly 50 years old, and having headed out beyond the orbit of Pluto and into interstellar space, the pair are the most distant man-made objects in the ...

An artist's conception of a Voyager craft journeying through deep space. Nuclear fuel lasts a long time. But not forever. "Mission engineers have taken steps to avoid turning off a science instrument ...

Power conservation is crucial for interstellar exploring spacecraft, which is 12.8 billion miles from home. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA has decided to turn off one of Voyager 2’s five remaining ...

Mission engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment ...