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.

The probe launched almost 50 years ago and is the farthest human-made object from Earth. Shutting down one of its scientific ...

NASA has powered down Voyager 1’s Low-Energy Charged Particles instrument to conserve energy as the probe’s nuclear power source continues to weaken. The April 17 shutdown, nearly 23 hours in ...

“While shutting down a science instrument is not anybody’s preference, it is the best option available,” said Kareem ...

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

Voyager 1, the most distant man-made object from Earth, shut down one of its three remaining instruments as NASA worked to ...

NASA has made the difficult decision to shut off another instrument on Voyager 1. Here's what's next for the furthest manmade ...

NASA shut down Voyager 1's charged particles instrument to save dwindling power, as the interstellar spacecraft loses about 4 ...

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 ...

NASA engineers are working to keep the Voyager mission alive as it cruises through interstellar space, opting to shut down ...

NASA has shut down a science instrument on the iconic Voyager 1 probe, the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space.