Linda Spilker, the Voyager mission’s project scientist, spoke to Gizmodo about the challenges that come with operating the ...

The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...

It is little wonder that Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are operating on dwindling ... "The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars ...

This radioisotopic power system loses around 4 watts of power from Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 each year. In the 1980s, several instruments aboard both spacecraft were turned off.

Mission managers turned off Voyager 1’s cosmic ray subsystem experiment ... “The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible ...

Project scientist Linda Spilker hopes to keep Voyager 1 operational into the next decade. The goal is to maintain data collection until at least 2027, marking the 50th anniversary of its launch.

The system produced 470 watts of power at launch, but that figure decreased ... nearly a half-century of hurtling through space. Voyager 1 has dealt with a degrading diaphragm clogging its ...

Voyager 1 and 2 launched in 1977 on a grand tour of ... "The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible," Voyager Project Manager ...