The problem stemmed from a corrupted chip in one of the spacecraft's computers. After more than five months without contact, NASA has finally reconnected with Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft ...

a former Bell Labs planetary scientist who did the calibrations for the Voyager 1 spacecraft and was a principal investigator on many experiments. He told me that a NASA manager in the 1970s had ...

NASA experts have effectively resurrected ... reducing the risk of losing the mission entirely. The revival of Voyager 1’s primary thrusters is a powerful reminder of what human creativity ...

In the latest shutdown, the cosmic ray subsystem experiment on Voyager 1 and Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle instruments were taken offline in March. One especially power-hungry instrument – ...

That was the message relieved NASA officials shared after the agency regained full contact with the Voyager 1 space probe, the most distant human-made object in the universe, scientists have ...

After a brief pause in communications with Voyager 1, NASA re-established a connection with the interstellar spacecraft located more than 15 billion miles away from Earth, using a frequency not ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA can’t catch a break when it comes to Voyager 1, apparently. That’s because the ...

NASA engineers have put backup thrusters not used since 2004 back into service on its aging Voyager 1 spacecraft — from almost 16 billion miles away. The farthest human-made object, Voyager 1 ...

Last month, on October 19, Voyager 1 stopped sending signals back to Earth, sparking confusion amongst scientists. NASA managed to reconnect to the probe on October 24 using a radio not used since ...

NASA has confirmed that after a pause in communications with Voyager 1 in late October, the spacecraft has regained its voice and resumed regular operations. Voyager unexpectedly turned off its ...

Even if NASA's experts and consultants somehow come up with a miraculous plan that can get Voyager 1 back to normal, its time is running out. Sponsor Message The two Voyager probes are powered by ...