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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 ...
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Historic ― NASA resurrects Voyager 1 after 20 years and is now able to do this
NASA has reactivated Voyager 1's thrusters after 20 years, saving the mission and restoring its ability to communicate from ...
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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 ...
Voyager 1’s Long-Dead Thrusters Fire Again After 20 Years – Just in Time
Voyager 1 and 2 are NASA’s iconic deep space explorers, launched in 1977 to study the outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, ...
Voyager 1 receives a new boost from NASA after decades of neglect
In May 2025, NASA successfully reactivated a set of thrusters on the Voyager 1 spacecraft that had been dormant since 2004. This was a crucial step for scientists as the currently active thrusters, ...
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'Yet another miracle save': NASA engineers complete nail-biting maneuver to resurrect Voyager 1's long-dead thrusters
More than 15 billion miles from home, Voyager 1's ailing thrusters were threatening to abort the craft's mission. Until NASA ...
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NASA Are Shutting Down Additional Systems On Both The Voyager 1 And Voyager 2 Spacecraft
NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft are some of the most incredible pieces of equipment ever made. They were first ...
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NASA beats the clock to save Voyager 1 from deep space doom
It was race against time as NASA engineers recently raced to fix a thruster problem aboard the vintage Voyager 1 deep space ...
NASA reboots Voyager 1 thrusters after 20 years-24 billion kilometers away
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has been in space for nearly five decades, enduring the harsh environment of outer space. In the ...
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A broken thruster jeopardized Voyager 1, but engineers executed a remote fix
NASA mission controllers raced against time to find a solution before a crucial ground-based radio used for communicating ...
Once ‘dead’ thrusters on the farthest spacecraft from Earth are in action again
NASA engineers have revived old thrusters on Voyager 1 to prevent a clog from endangering the mission during a planned ...
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How NASA revived Voyager 1's dead thrusters after 20 years
NASA has successfully reactivated the thrusters of Voyager 1, an interstellar spacecraft launched in 1977, after they were ...