This visualization tracks the trajectory of the Voyager 2 spacecraft through the solar system. Launched on August 20, 1977, it was one of two spacecraft sent to visit the giant planets of the ...

The detection also confirms that Voyager 2 is still on its planned trajectory, which is what NASA scientists had hoped and expected when they announced contact had been lost on July 21. "A bit ...

NASA has restored full communications with its Voyager 2 spacecraft following weeks of silence. The agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Friday that NASA's Deep Space Network facility in ...

NASA is unable to communicate with its historic Voyager 2 probe. ... That reset is planned for Oct. 15, and NASA expects the spacecraft will remain on its planned trajectory until then.

NASA has successfully “reestablished full communications” with Voyager 2, an interstellar deep space probe which the agency sent offline with a faulty command two weeks ago.

But the US and Spanish telescopes are unable to communicate with Voyager 2 because of its trajectory. When the probe passed by Triton, a moon of Neptune, it was shot out of the solar system's plane.

Although Voyager 1 left Earth two weeks after its identical sister craft, it would reach Jupiter and Saturn sooner, as Voyager 2 had been launched into a longer, more circular trajectory. Voyager 2’s ...

Voyager 2’s mission team was able to detect a signal from the spacecraft confirming it’s still operating as normal after an errant command caused a loss of contact.

NASA has lost contact with the legendary Voyager 2 spacecraft after “inadvertently” sending it a command ... Its flyby of Neptune in 1989 put it on a trajectory that delivered it to ...

NASA believes the spacecraft will stay on its planned trajectory from now until Oct. 15. Voyager 2 will be unable to send data back to Earth or receive commands until the antenna is successfully ...