A scientific instrument on the Voyager 1 has been shut off to conserve power as the probe continues its interstellar exploration.

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

The instrument was used to measure low-energy charged particles, including ions, electrons, cosmic rays originating from our ...

On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, or ...

NASA turns off a Voyager 1 instrument to save power, aiming to extend the spacecraft’s mission as it continues sending data ...

NASA has begun shutting down Voyager 1 instruments to conserve power, extending the life of humanity’s most distant ...

Originally launched in 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 is currently about 15 billion miles away from Earth, making it the farthest ...

In the silent, freezing expanse of interstellar space, a small spacecraft launched in the era of disco and analog tape has just achieved a feat once thought to belong only to science fiction. NASA’s ...

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The iconic Voyager 2 spacecraft celebrated its 35th birthday Monday (Aug. 20) in a milestone for NASA's longest-running mission ever. Voyager 2 launched in 1977 just 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1 ...

On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, or ...