NASA's most distant spacecraft had a critical thruster problem far from home. Fixing it required a long-distance call to ...

Auxiliary Power NASA engineers have pulled off an incredible feat, switching the agency's ancient Voyager 1 probe to a ...

Engineers have mitigated an issue with Voyager 1’s thrusters, enabling the mission to stay in touch with mission controllers ...

After almost five decades sailing through space, NASA is trying to squeeze a few more years out of the venerable Voyager 1 ...

Engineers needed to swap out the clogged thrusters on the spacecraft as it continues its journey through interstellar space.

Engineers working on NASA's Voyager 1 probe have successfully mitigated an issue with the spacecraft's thrusters, which keep ...

One of the Voyager 1 probe's engines has been successfully launched. It was actually out of order due to performance problems ...

Engineers have mitigated an issue with Voyager 1’s thrusters, enabling the mission to stay in touch with mission controllers ...

But the spacecraft's aging nuclear power source is much diminished ... As with humans, aging brought changes to the Voyager systems. The fuel tube for their thrusters have been prone to clogging ...

Having "turned off all non-essential onboard systems, including some heaters" to conserve power, both Voyager 1 and its twin Voyager 2 have grown colder. Consequently, engineers had to warm up the ...

NASA's Voyager 1 faces age-related thruster issues due to clogging. Engineers switch to backup thrusters to keep Voyager operational.