Voyager 1: Interesting Facts About Earth’s Farthest Spacecraft.

illustration by Andy McNally

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977. Oddly, Voyager 2, a twin spacecraft, was launched 16 days earlier. Recently, Voyager 1 has been in the news due to NASA having communication issues with the aging spacecraft. Since November 2023, NASA has said that Voyager 1 has been sending a steady radio signal to Earth, but the signal does not contain usable data…