That kicked off a monthslong push to identify what had gone wrong and try to save the Voyager 1 mission. Spilker said she and her colleagues stayed hopeful and optimistic, but the team faced ...

NASA's Voyager 1, launched in 1977, explores interstellar space. Antenna upgrades in Australia will enhance communication for ...

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But it’s just one of many challenges the mission team has had to face in recent years as Voyager 1, and its twin probe, Voyager 2, continue to defy the odds and explore space more than 47 years ...

Instruments on Voyagers 1 and 2 are being shut off to ... It’s been 47 years since the twin Voyager spacecraft started their historic mission. Having travelled through interstellar space ...

NASA mission controllers raced against time to find a solution before a crucial ground-based radio used for communicating ...

In March, the team behind the mission pinpointed the cause behind Voyager 1’s nonsensical data: a single chip responsible for storing part of the affected portion of the spacecraft’s flight ...

The farthest man-made object in space had been feared lost forever after a computer problem in November effectively rendered the 46-year-old probe useless. By Orlando Mayorquín Several months ...

NASA engineers have successfully restored contact with Voyager 1 and the spacecraft is operating normally after its dwindling power supply caused a weekslong blackout. The issue began in October ...