Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years

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Ted Thompson

December 3, 2017

Stories like this that include “had to dig through decades old data…” and “had to learn obsolete programming language” always tickles me…

Voyager – Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years

The Voyager team is able to use a set of four backup thrusters, dormant since 1980. They are located on the back side of the spacecraft in this orientation. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. › Full image and caption

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December 3, 2017

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Ted Thompson

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Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years

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