'A race against time': Voyager’s power is fading, and NASA is running out of option
Produced by: Mohsin Shaikh
Power Fading
NASA shuts down key Voyager instruments as energy dwindles, fighting to keep the legendary spacecraft alive into the 2030s.
Final Countdown
The world’s longest-running space mission is in its twilight years as engineers make desperate power cuts to extend its life.
Cosmic Pioneers
Voyager 1 and 2, humanity’s farthest travelers, continue sending data from deep space despite nearing their inevitable shutdown.
Instruments Silenced
NASA sacrifices key scientific tools aboard Voyager to stretch its remaining power, pushing the spacecraft to its absolute limits.
Last Signals
With 23-hour communication delays, every command to Voyager is a gamble, as NASA fights against time to keep them alive.
Heliosphere Edge
Even with fading power, Voyager continues revealing secrets of interstellar space—where no spacecraft has gone before.
Space Rockstars
Nearly 50 years after launch, Voyager still defies expectations, but NASA warns its days are numbered.
Cold Darkness
The once-mighty Voyager probes drift into the void, their lights slowly dimming as power drains away.
Interstellar Ghosts
Soon, Voyager may fall silent, forever drifting through the cosmos—a lonely monument to human exploration.