NASA has succeeded in re-establishing full contact with Voyager 2 by using its highest-power transmitter to send an "interstellar shout" that righted the distant probe's antenna orientation, the ...

The probe is currently more than 19.9b kms from our planet - well beyond the solar system In this August 4, 1977, photo provided by NASA, the "Sounds of Earth" record is mounted on the Voyager 2 ...

Its twin, Voyager 2, also left the solar system in 2018. Both Voyager spacecraft carry "Golden Records" -- 12-inch, gold-plated copper disks intended to convey the story of our world to ...

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 was mankind's first spacecraft to enter the interstellar medium, in 2012, and is currently more than 15 billion miles from Earth. Messages sent from Earth take about 22 ...

Both Voyager probes have outlived their original missions and are exploring interstellar space more than 45 years after launch. The mission team has made clever decisions to manage the power ...

Voyager 2’s mission team was able to detect a signal from the spacecraft confirming it’s still operating as normal after an errant command caused a loss of contact. CNN values your feedback 1.

Voyager 1 is more than 14 billion miles from Earth. It launched from Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 5, 1977, arrived at Jupiter in 1979 and reached Saturn in 1980. And then it just kept going. By ...