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NASA's Voyager 1 probe swaps thrusters in tricky fix as it flies through interstellar space
NASA's most distant spacecraft had a critical thruster problem far from home. Fixing it required a long-distance call to ...
Voyager 1 Is Juggling Failing Thrusters 15 Billion Miles Away From Earth
Voyager 1 spent the last 47 years hurtling in a straight line away from Earth, exploring the deepest reaches of space that ...
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NASA coaxes Voyager 1's thrusters back to life
After almost five decades sailing through space, NASA is trying to squeeze a few more years out of the venerable Voyager 1 ...
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NASA Activates Ancient Thrusters on Voyager 1, the Most Distant Human Object in Existence
Auxiliary Power NASA engineers have pulled off an incredible feat, switching the agency's ancient Voyager 1 probe to a ...
47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades
Engineers have mitigated an issue with Voyager 1’s thrusters, enabling the mission to stay in touch with mission controllers ...
NASA Pulls Off Delicate Thruster Swap, Keeping Voyager 1 Mission Alive
Engineers needed to swap out the clogged thrusters on the spacecraft as it continues its journey through interstellar space.
A clogged thruster could have ended Voyager 1’s interstellar mission. Engineers just saved it
Engineers have mitigated an issue with Voyager 1’s thrusters, enabling the mission to stay in touch with mission controllers ...
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Voyager 1 team accomplishes tricky thruster swap from 15 billion miles away
NASA's Voyager 1 faces age-related thruster issues due to clogging. Engineers switch to backup thrusters to keep Voyager operational.
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47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades
Now, the spacecraft is traveling on an unchanging path away from our solar system ... to conserve power, including heaters. As a result, components on Voyager 1 are colder now, and the team ...