 "Voyager 1")
The two manmade objects most distant from Earth are slowly powering down. By 2025 or perhaps a little later, the Voyager twins will be completely bereft of power. However, both the spacecraft will keep travelling, heading further and further out of the Solar System.
The Voyager saga showcases incredible engineering. Neither spacecraft was expected to be functional for more than five years but it’s 44 years and counting. They have sent back huge amounts of data, and breathtaking images, which revolutionised our understanding of gas giants, ice giants, dwarf planets, weird rings and moons.
The mission idea sparked in 1965.
