NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope
The LINK probe was supposed to use robotic arms to capture Swift and lift it into a safe orbit. Problems with its control system forced NASA to call off the attempt.
It’s Official: Voyager 1 Will Cross The 1 Light-Day Threshold On November 18, 2026
IFLScience has confirmed with NASA when Voyager 1 will be a cosmic record-breaking 1 light-day from Earth.
Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5
The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.