Voyager 2 is over 13 billion miles from Earth, drifting through space with no fuel, no control, and no way back. Within the ...

Some of the software dates back to the 1970s, and maintaining it is becoming increasingly tricky ...

NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft are still flying in interstellar space. But their power is dwindling, and it's unclear how much longer they can last.

Contrary to its name, Voyager 2 was the first of the vehicles launched into space first in Aug. 20 1977 from Florida. Its twin probe, Voyager 1, launched two weeks later on Sept. 5. At more than 15 ...

The LECP has been operating almost without interruption since the Voyager 1 and 2 probes launched in 1977. Meanwhile, the power output of Voyager 1's RTGs has been declining by about 4 watts per year, ...

The farthest spacecraft from Earth has shut down another instrument in the hopes of buying time for an upgrade that could boost the aging probe’s impressive lifespan.

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth, nearing nearly 16 billion miles away. The probe now has two of its original ten science instruments still in operation as NASA ...