In late 2026, a spacecraft launched in the 1970s will reach a distance from our planet that once belonged purely to science fiction: one full light-day from Earth. When Voyager 1 crosses that ...

When NASA launched the Voyager 1 probe back in 1977, the initial objective was to gather information about our solar system — specifically, the region beyond the asteroid belt (between the orbits of ...

Voyager 1’s sudden return to coherent communication has turned a near-elegy for the spacecraft into a fresh scientific mystery, as engineers confront strange gaps and glitches in the data streaming ...

Voyager 1 is one of humanity's greatest achievements in space travel. This spacecraft was launched by NASA in September 1977 on a one-way trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Originally, it ...

Contrary to its name, Voyager 2 was the first of the vehicles launched into space first in Aug. 20 1977 from Florida. Its twin probe, Voyager 1, launched two weeks later on Sept. 5. At more than 15 ...