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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Miracle In Space: NASA Resurrects Voyager 1's Dead Thrusters After 21 Years
Holy cheese cows, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft that keeps on ... a dramatic rise in the temperature of the thruster heaters, confirming the successful revival of the backup thrusters.
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NASA beats the clock to save Voyager 1 from deep space doom
Over the 48 years since Voyager 1 was launched, these thrusters have begun to show their age and NASA has had to deal with clogging fuel lines and persnickety valves by all manner of work arounds ...
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NASA's Voyager 1 probe swaps thrusters in tricky fix as it flies through interstellar space
The distant and cold Voyager 1 spacecraft did a clever thruster trick to help it phone ... Voyager's project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that manages the mission, said in a ...
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NASA Activates Ancient Thrusters on Voyager 1, the Most Distant Human Object in Existence
NASA engineers have pulled off an incredible feat: switching the agency's ancient Voyager 1 probe — the farthest human-made object in existence — to a different set of thrusters. The feat ...
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Once ‘dead’ thrusters on the farthest spacecraft from Earth are in action again
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Engineers at NASA ...
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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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A broken thruster jeopardized Voyager 1, but engineers executed a remote fix
Earlier this year, NASA mission controllers ... contact with Voyager 1 might be lost forever. The main concern revolved around the spacecraft's roll thrusters, which ensure its antenna remains ...
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Far-flung Voyager 1 thrusters come to life after almost 40 years of disuse
SEE ALSO: Now you can own NASA's Golden Record on vinyl "With these thrusters that are still functional after 37 years without use, we will be able to extend the life of the Voyager 1 spacecraft ...