However, NASA isn’t ready to say goodbye just yet, and is taking measures to get as much life out of the pair as possible. On ...

One of Voyager 1's three radioisotope thermoelectric generators, which generate electricity for the craft. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech The remaining science instruments on Voyager are its ...

There's more bad news for NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. The twin space probes left the solar system in 2012 and 2018 ...

In an effort to conserve Voyager 2's dwindling energy and extend the spacecraft's mission, NASA has shut down another of its ...

For nearly five decades, the twin Voyager spacecraft have pushed the boundaries of human exploration, venturing deeper into ...

NASA has made the difficult decision to turn off two science instruments aboard the Voyager spacecraft, ensuring that the ...

Voyager 1 — launched in 1977 and now over 15.6 billion miles from Earth — started out with 10 science instruments, but now ...

NASA has already had to be extremely conservative with the available power. The radioisotope thermoelectric generators, which use radioactively decaying plutonium-238 isotopes as a direct source ...

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"You have to praise the engineers." One of Voyager 1's three radioisotope thermoelectric generators, which generate electricity for the craft. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech The remaining science ...