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

NASA has shut down a science instrument on Voyager 1 to extend the aging space probe's life as it ventures nearly 16 billion ...

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

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

On April 17, 2026, NASA sent a command to Voyager 1 that took nearly 23 hours to arrive. When it did, the spacecraft’s Low ...

NASA engineers have shut down another instrument on Voyager 1 to preserve the power of the most distant spacecraft ever sent ...

The venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft is one step closer to the end of its scientific road. NASA turned off one of its three ...

NASA has powered down Voyager 1’s Low-energy Charged Particles instrument to conserve dwindling energy reserves, extending ...

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

The spacecraft was built at the Jet Propulsion Lab. And it has been operating ever since, almost without interruption, for ...