NASA coaxes Voyager 1's thrusters
NASA coaxes Voyager 1's thrusters back to life
After almost five decades sailing through space, NASA is trying to squeeze a few more years out of the venerable Voyager 1 deep space probe by swapping a wonky thruster system for a disused secondary one to ensure the craft can keep its radio antenna pointing at the Earth.
Well, just like an aging person an old spacecraft will get those little aches and pains, and things stop working, or they don ...
Planetary scientists are confident this moon of Jupiter harbors a deep ocean. A looming question is whether it hosts the ...
Engineers needed to swap out the clogged thrusters on the spacecraft as it continues its journey through interstellar space.
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and the moon were ...
The Spaceship Neptune-Excelsior performed its first uncrewed test flight soaring to an altitude of 100,000 feet marking a big ...
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft, barreling through our solar system, recently used Earth's gravity to ...
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NASA Activates Ancient Thrusters on Voyager 1, the Most Distant Human Object in ExistenceAuxiliary Power NASA engineers have pulled off an incredible feat, switching the agency's ancient Voyager 1 probe to a ...
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Then and now: The evolution of space travelSpace travel in the US began in the 1960s. AccuWeather explores the space race throughout the decades and the future of space travel.
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