It has been almost 50 years since the launch of the Voyager probes, and both are still active science missions, collecting and sending data back to Earth. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are about 15.5 ...

Three science instruments will remain active on each spacecraft, enabling the twin probes to keep transmitting data from interstellar space despite an ever-declining power supply. Voyager 1 and ...

the Voyager probes carried identical sets of 10 science instruments. The Voyager probes consist of a radioisotope power system and a nuclear battery that harnesses the heat of decaying plutonium to ...

The fact that the Voyager spacecraft are the only two human-made objects to make it to interstellar space means that the data they collect is unique. Thus, the decision to switch off any ...

No human-made objects have traveled further into the final frontier than Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. However, both space probes are reaching the end of their service lives. NASA announced that ...

The Voyagers’ radioisotope power system loses around 4 watts each year, so to preserve power, NASA engineers have been shutting down some of the science instruments carried by each probe. Voyager 1’s ...

The Voyager spacecraft, launched in 1977, are currently the most distant human-made objects from Earth. To ensure continued data transmission from these remarkable probes, NASA has decided to turn off ...

In fact, the most distant human-made objects remain the Voyager probes, with Voyager 1 currently around 15 billion miles away from Earth and Voyager 2 around 13 billion miles away, both of which are ...

One of the biggest successes that we've had over the years is that of the Voyager probes, with Voyager One being of special note. Allow us to show you Voyager One Earth farthest spacecraft.

NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 are shutting down more instruments to conserve power, extending their groundbreaking mission in interstellar space as long as possible. The farthest spacecraft from Earth are ...

Meanwhile, Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle instrument will shut off on March 24. This leaves each probe with three functioning science instruments.Related video above: Voyager 1 ...