Along the way, the spacecraft made history time and again, sending back startling scientific data and images for all ... on how to locate Earth. The 1800-pound Voyager 1 spacecraft was launched ...

MORE: NASA asks for help studying Uranus and Neptune as it prepares to capture new images However, the JPL announced this week that Voyager 1 had resumed sending engineering updates to Earth.

Back in the summer of 1977, the space agency launched Voyager 1 and 2 toward ... with grainy sounds and images reminiscent of our diverse and vibrant life here on Earth. Then they attached one ...

Nasa's Voyager 1 spacecraft is currently exploring where nothing from Earth has ever flown before. Launched in 1977, it's now on a mission to go as far away from the solar system as possible ...