"While the S-band uses less power, Voyager 1 had not used it to communicate with Earth since 1981," the agency added. On Oct.

In 1977, Elvis Presley left the building — as some have put it — and the NASA space probes Voyager 1 and 2 took off for what was dubbed by scientists as a grand tour of the solar system. Now ...

The maps depict Earth's position relative to the sun, using pulsars that can remain active for billions of years. U.S. World; ... 1977, followed by Voyager 1 on September 5, 1977.

NASA’s 46-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a computer glitch that prevents it from returning science data to Earth from the solar system’s outer reaches.

NASA engineers have revived old thrusters on Voyager 1 to prevent a clog from endangering the mission during a planned communications blackout.

NASA's Hubble space telescope has revealed a new map of the Voyager 1 and 2 probes. The Voyager 1 is 13 billion miles from Earth, making it the farthest human-made object ever built.