Twin Voyager probes nearing 45th birthdays and hard decisions - Space.com


7/28/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Stefanie Waldek

It's the twilight years for the two NASA workhorses, but they're not ready to give up quite yet.

On August 20, 1977, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft launched to space. Its twin, Voyager 1, launched 16 days later. Today, they are not only the most distant man-made objects — at 12 billion and 14.5 bil… [+4331 chars]

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