Voyager 1 has been traveling through space since 1977, and some scientists hoped it could keep sending back science data for 50 years. But a serious glitch has put that milestone in jeopardy.

A “poke” sent to the Voyager 1 probe received a response that could help NASA restore reliable communication with the aging spacecraft 15 billion miles away.

NASA's venerable Voyager 1 probe has encountered a strange new region at the outer reaches of the solar system, suggesting the spacecraft is poised to pop free into interstellar space, scientists say.

On Saturday, April 5, Voyager 1 finally "phoned home" and updated its NASA operating team about its health. The interstellar explorer is back in touch after five months of sending back nonsense data.

Voyager 1 Probe Captures 1st-Ever Sounds of Interstellar Space (Video) Thanks to NASA's far-flung Voyager 1 spacecraft, which left the solar system in August 2012, now everyone here on Earth can ...

Space Wonder: Voyager 1 has been sending data and amazing photos of space back to Earth for almost 50 years now, and its job isn't finished. The probe was put "offline" by a computer issue a few ...

Voyager 1 is limping after suffering a series of radio system failures, leaving the probe with a tenuous connection to Earth via a low-power radio it hasn't used for 43 years.

There is a data issue with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Voyager 1 spacecraft. The interstellar explorer is 14.5 billion miles from Earth.

NASA lost contact with the interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft for nearly a week after a technical glitch shut off the probe's main transmitter. Using Voyager's weaker backup transmitter, engineers ...

Engineers at NASA have successfully fired up a set of thrusters Voyager 1 hasn’t used in decades to solve an issue that could keep the 47-year-old spacecraft from communicating with Earth from ...

Voyager 1 has been traveling through space since 1977, and some scientists hoped it could keep sending back science data for 50 years. But a serious glitch has put that milestone in jeopardy.

NASA’s beloved Voyager 1 mission is back to normal science operations for the first time in more than six months, according to agency personnel. The announcement was made after NASA received ...