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 ...
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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 ...
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47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades
As Voyager 1 and its twin probe, Voyager 2, have aged, the mission team has slowly turned off nonessential systems on both spacecraft to conserve power, including heaters. As a result, components ...
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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NASA Completes Risky Thruster Swap on Voyager 1 Probe
According to NASA, this problem first cropped up in 2002 when engineers noticed the fuel tubes that route hydrazine fuel to ...
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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 ...
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Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...
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Watch How NASA Sends Communicates With Voyager 2
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NASA's Voyager 1 probe swaps thrusters in tricky fix as it flies through interstellar space
Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, launched on their initial missions in 1977 to study the distant solar system. They collectively flew by four largest outer solar system planets by 1989 and ...
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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 ...