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Voyager 1 revives backup thrusters before command pause

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have revived a set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft that had been considered inoperable since 2004. Fixing the ...
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47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades

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Once ‘dead’ thrusters on the farthest spacecraft from Earth are in action again

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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 humanity has ever ventured. However, NASA must carefully manage Voyager 1 as ...