"My team has turned off another science instrument." Mark is an award-winning journalist and the science editor at Mashable. After working as a ranger with the National Park Service, he started a ...

"The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible!" NASA engineers are turning off two instruments to ensure that the twin spacecraft ...

In brief: Mission control specialists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are taking additional energy-conserving measures to ensure their Voyager probes can continue operating in interstellar ...

NASA has switched off further systems on Voyager 1 and 2. In doing so, the US space agency wants to extend the mission of the two probes and ensure that they are still active on the 50th ...