NASA’s Voyager 1, launched on September 5, 1977, has defied expectations and continued its journey for nearly 50 years. Originally designed to explore Jupiter and Saturn, the spacecraft has ventured ...
Voyager 1 is limping after suffering a series of radio system failures, leaving the probe with a tenuous connection to Earth via a low-power radio it hasn't used for 43 years. NASA first realized ...
And it’s not just their longevity that captivates. Voyager 1, at 15.5 billion miles away (24.9 billion kilometers), is the farthest human-made object from Earth. It’s astonishing to think that ...
The iconic space probe Voyager 1 was the first man-made object to escape the solar system, traveling at a maximum speed of 38,000 mph for 35 years to accomplish the feat. The probe launched on Sept.
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(CNN) — 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 ...
After more than forty-six years all of us are likely to feel the wear of time, and Voyager 1 is no different. Following months of harrowing troubleshooting as the far-flung spacecraft stopped ...