The farthest spacecraft from Earth, Voyager 1 is currently exploring uncharted ... and particles that extends well beyond the orbit of Pluto. Both spacecraft are powered by the heat from decaying ...

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Voyager 1 and 2 launched in 1977 on a grand tour of the solar system, making flybys of all our planets – just not Pluto, which was still classified as a planet at the time. After successfully ...

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are both exploring uncharted ... fields and particles that extends well beyond the orbit of Pluto. Instruments necessary for collecting data during the planetary flybys ...

Saying farewell is hard, and in the case of the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft doubly so, seeing as how they have been with us for more than 47 years. From the highs of the 1970s and 1980s during their ...

An artist's illustration of the Voyager 1 probe travelling into the Oort Cloud ... their movements kicked the excess material far beyond Pluto's orbit, where they reside today.

NASA engineers are turning off two instruments to ensure that the twin spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, can continue exploring space beyond the limits of the solar system. To save energy for ...