The man-made object that is farthest away from Earth and will continue to hold the title is the Voyager 1 spacecraft, followed by Voyager 2. Voyager 1 was launched a couple weeks after Voyager 2 ...

The previous record for the farthest a human-rated spacecraft has traveled was set during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.That mission, which did actually have humans on board, stretched out to ...

The @PolarisProgram astronaut mission is headed for an altitude 3 times higher than the Space Station, the furthest that humans have been from Earth in over half a century! pic.twitter.com ...

Over half a century has passed since humans flew this far from Earth. Update for Sept. 9: This piece was updated to reflect the most current launch opportunities announced by SpaceX. CAPE ...

Engineers at NASA say they have successfully revived thrusters aboard Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from our planet, in the nick of time before a planned communications blackout.. A side ...

So far, engineers have managed to avoid clogging by commanding Voyager 1 to cycle between its original and backup thrusters for orientation, as well as a set of thrusters that were used to change ...