Linda Spilker

NASA's twin Voyager probes, which launched in 1977, are the longest-running missions to send data home. But as their power supplies wane, scientists are saying goodbye to one instrument on each spacecraft

NASA's venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft has resumed normal science operations with all four functioning instruments for the first time in more than six months

Advance obituary for Ed Stone, former head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and space explorer extraordinaire.

The far-traveled space probe is once again transmitting usable data, after a glitch caused months of gibberish.

Fixing a probe over 15 billion miles away.

Voyager 1 has been traveling through space since 1977, and some scientists hoped it could keep sending back science data for 50 years. But a serious glitch has put that milestone in jeopardy.

After an erroneous command sent the spacecraft's antenna askew, mission specialists hatched a plan to point it back toward Earth.

Jamie Rankin is the new deputy project scientist for NASA's longest-running mission and deepest exploration into space.

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft is alone drifting through interstellar space after a communications breakdown left it unable to receive commands or transmit data...

Phosphorus, a key chemical element for many biological processes, has been found in icy grains emitted by the small moon and is likely abundant in its subsurface ocean. Phosphorus, a vital element for life, has been discovered in icy grains emitted from Saturn's moon, Enceladus, by NASA's Cassini

Both Voyager probes have outlived their original missions and are exploring interstellar space more than 45 years after launch. The mission team has made clever decisions to manage the power supply and instruments on each spacecraft to keep them going.

As much of the space community's attention remains focused on the delayed Artemis rocket launch and the return to the moon, two relics of the Space Age

Who you calling an "aging probe"?

"We're pretty much seeing everything we had hoped for, and that's always good news."

NASA is reaching across more than 15 billion to rescue its malfunctioning Voyager 1 probe—but this hallowed interstellar mission can't live forever

Around a half-dozen full-timers and a few part-timers are keeping Voyager alive.

A software patch is being uploaded to prevent a glitch that affected Voyager 1 last year.

NASA has found a way to conserve power on Voyager 2, allowing for its science mission to extend another three years. Read more about it here. The post Voyager 2 science mission extended another 3 years first appeared on EarthSky.

The pair launched in 1977.

The farthest-flung human-made objects will be able to take their science-gathering even farther, thanks to these energy-conserving measures.