The probe launched almost 50 years ago and is the farthest human-made object from Earth. Shutting down one of its scientific ...

NASA has shut down a science instrument on the iconic Voyager 1 probe, the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space.

After nearly 50 years in space, the two Voyager spacecraft are very low on nuclear power. Voyager 1 just shut off another ...

NASA shut down Voyager 1's charged particles instrument to save dwindling power, as the interstellar spacecraft loses about 4 ...

NASA has made the difficult decision to shut off another instrument on Voyager 1. Here's what's next for the furthest manmade ...

Voyager 1, like its twin mission Voyager 2, runs on a tiny nuclear battery called a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, ...

“While shutting down a science instrument is not anybody’s preference, it is the best option available,” said Kareem ...

This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission ...

NASA engineers are working to keep the Voyager mission alive as it cruises through interstellar space, opting to shut down ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Voyager 1’s signal now takes nearly a full day to reach Earth as it pushes farther into the vast unknown of interstellar space. | ...