NASA Beats the Odds With Ingenious Voyager 1 Thruster Fix From Billions of Miles Away

NASA’s Voyager 1 team tackled complex challenges by successfully switching to backup thrusters after the primary ones became clogged with silicon dioxide. The spacecraft uses its thrusters to stay pointed at Earth, but after 47 years in space some of the fuel tubes have become clogged. This adaptation was complicated as the spacecraft, now in […]

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