Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...
Here's a look back at some of the many discoveries made by the space probes. Voyager 1 flew within 277,400 kilometres of Jupiter on March 5, 1979, while Voyager 2 came within 650,180 kilometres on ...
Voyager 2 preceded it into space by 16 days, but Voyager 1 quickly overtook it on a faster trajectory, and arrived at Jupiter 4 months before its sister craft. Voyager 1 took this photo of Jupiter ...
Engineers have mitigated an issue with Voyager 1’s thrusters, enabling the mission to stay in touch with mission controllers on Earth and send back unique data.
Since Galileo first laid telescope-enhanced eyes on Jupiter, scientists have continued to study the curious world from both the ground and the sky. In 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft ...
Engineers needed to swap out the clogged thrusters on the spacecraft as it continues its journey through interstellar space.
On September 5, 1977, the Voyager 1 spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its way to planet Jupiter and points beyond. Voyager 2 launched a few weeks earlier, on August 20 ...
This particular planet, dubbed a "hot Jupiter," stinks like rotten eggs ... It would take NASA space probe Voyager 1 approximately one million years to get there at its current pace of 38,200 ...
Things have gone from bad to worse for Voyager 1, which has been out of contact with Earth-bound mission control for months now — and there's no telling when it may come back online. In an ...