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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 ...

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. The ...