Voyager 1 took this photo of Jupiter and two of its satellites (Io, left, and Europa) on Feb. 13, 1979. Io is about 220,000 miles above Jupiter's Great Red Spot; Europa is about 375,000 miles ...

Voyager 1 is going 38,026.77 mph ... The record carries greetings, music, the sounds of Earth, photos and scientific information in case the spacecrafts are found by intelligent beings.

NASA is switching off two science instruments on its twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Wednesday an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures charged particles and cosmic rays ...

Voyager 1 is almost 13 billion miles away ... the imaging scientists can create accurate visual color photos from the black and white camera. The UVS is a specialized ultraviolet light meter.

But after Voyager 1 finally snapped the photo from beyond the orbit of Neptune, it stored the image on its tape recorder and slowly beamed the information back to Earth's radio telescopes ...

Just last week, NASA also turned off an instrument on Voyager 1 that is designed to study cosmic rays. These energy-saving measures are crucial to prolonging the missions, as explained by Voyager ...

On February 14, 1990, Voyager 1 took the iconic 'Pale Blue Dot' photo of Earth from 3.7 billion miles away. An updated version of the iconic “Pale Blue Dot” image. (photo credit: NASA/JPL ...

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 ...

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are both exploring uncharted territory in interstellar space. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, sent a command for Voyager 1 to power ...

Last week, NASA powered down an instrument on Voyager 1 designed to study cosmic rays. The energy-saving moves were necessary to extend their missions, Voyager project manager Suzanne Dodd at the ...