The 1800-pound Voyager 1 spacecraft was launched aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral on September 5, 1977. Voyager 2 preceded it into space by 16 days ...

The issue was resolved by shifting the affected code to different locations ... Voyager-1 departed Earth on 5 September 1977, a few days after its sister spacecraft, Voyager-2.

Voyager 1 and 2 are the only spacecraft exploring interstellar space. The increasing age of the spacecraft is leading to a ...

It’s now spent 46 years in space, making Voyager 1 and its twin Voyager 2 the longest-operating spacecraft in history. Both explorers are sending back valuable data on their interstellar ...

NASA engineers have successfully restored contact with Voyager 1 and the spacecraft is operating normally after its dwindling power supply caused a weekslong blackout. The issue began in October ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Humanity’s farthest-flung emissary is speaking clearly again after a tense ...