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NASA resurrects Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft's thrusters after 20 years: 'These thrusters were considered dead'
NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been ...
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NASA Engineers Revive Long-Dormant Thrusters on Voyager 1, the Farthest Spacecraft From Earth, in a ‘Miracle Save’
In the nick of time, NASA teams addressed clogging issues in the probe’s backup roll thrusters, before the only antenna capable of sending commands to it went offline ...
NASA revives 'dead' thrusters on Voyager 1 after two decades of inactivity
NASA's Voyager 1, launched in 1977, explores interstellar space. Antenna upgrades in Australia will enhance communication for ...
NASA restarts one of Voyager 1's thrusters after 21 years of inactivity
With Voyager 1's backup roll thruster at risk of becoming blocked, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) managed ...
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Confirmed – NASA successfully reactivates Voyager 1 after months without signals, and the interstellar probe resumes sending data from deep space
For months, Voyager 1 —the original space OG— had gone eerily silent. After nearly five decades of loyal service, the ...
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Why is the European Space Agency beaming a waltz at NASA's Voyager 1 probe this weekend?
With its sweeping tempo and ethereal melody, Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" waltz has become ...
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NASA Revives Voyager 1’s Dead Thrusters After 21 Years — Here’s How
NASA engineers have put backup thrusters not used since 2004 back into service on its aging Voyager 1 spacecraft — from almost 16 billion miles away. According to NASA's Jet Propulsion ...