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Voyager 2 Plasma Science Instrument turned off by NASA
Thursday, October 3, 2024 by Richard Harris
Mission engineers at NASA have turned off the plasma science instrument aboard the Voyager 2 spacecraft due to the probe’s gradually shrinking electrical power supply. Traveling more than 12.8 billion miles (20.5 billion kilometers) from Earth, the spacecraft continues to use four science i...
Voyager 1 resumes sending science data from all four instruments
Sunday, June 16, 2024 by Richard Harris
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is once again conducting normal science operations after addressing a technical issue from November 2023. The team partially resolved the problem in April by initiating the return of engineering data, including health and status updates of the spacecraft. On May 19, t...
Voyager 1 phones home for first time since 2023
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 by Richard Harris
At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the Voyager mission team convened on April 20, 2024, in anticipation of updates on Voyager 1's recent technical challenges. At 6:40 AM, the team erupted in celebration upon receiving engineering data from Voyager 1 for the first tim...