{"id":292376,"date":"2024-12-02T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T10:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=344878"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:40:34","slug":"its-time-for-us-to-start-saying-goodbye-to-nasas-voyagers-after-almost-50-years-of-space-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/its-time-for-us-to-start-saying-goodbye-to-nasas-voyagers-after-almost-50-years-of-space-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"It's time for us to start saying goodbye to NASA's Voyagers after almost 50 years of space flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For those who are not familiar with them, they are the oldest and most distant probes built by humans that are still active. <\/strong>They are also the only probes that have left our solar system and ventured into the vast expanses of space.<\/p>\n\n\n

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And unlike many other probes, these continue to function not thanks to solar energy, like the rest, but due to nuclear energy. But at some point, their mission will end. And right now is a good time to remember that.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Voyagers began as planetary missions. Their objective was to carry out the so-called Grand Planetary Tour, that is, to visit the four outer planets<\/strong> of the solar system through a series of flybys. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune were seen in a new light thanks to the robotic cameras of the probes and their numerous scientific instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft finds its voice again as NASA restores communications https:\/\/t.co\/RhKXx2gnWt<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/hIpr0kOCET<\/a><\/p>— SPACE.com (@SPACEdotcom) November 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>