Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

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The spacecraft uses its thrusters to stay pointed at Earth, but after 47 years in space some of the fuel tubes have become clogged. Engineers working on NASA’s Voyager 1 probe have successfully mitigated an issue with the spacecraft’s thrusters, which keep the distant explorer pointed at Earth so that it can receive commands, send […]

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