The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes continue to captivate scientists and space enthusiasts alike with their ...

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 ...

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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 ...

But a recent "poke" sent to Voyager 1 as it travels 15.1 billion miles away from Earth has given engineers a reason for optimism when they received a response earlier in March. Mission control ...

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 with Voyagers 1 and 2, went offline for upgrades.

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The Voyager probes' work also helped to inspire the iconic Cassini mission to Saturn. "Voyager 1's close flyby of Titan was the catalyst for the wonderful Cassini mission to Saturn and its Huygens ...