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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 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 ...
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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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Confirmed – NASA successfully reactivates Voyager 1 after months without signals, and the interstellar probe resumes sending data from deep space
For months, Voyager 1 —the original space OG— had gone eerily silent. After nearly five decades of loyal service, the ...
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, ...
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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 ...
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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NASA’s Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause
The mission team wanted to fix the thrusters, deemed unusable decades ago, before the radio antenna that sends commands to ...
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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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Historic ― NASA resurrects Voyager 1 after 20 years and is now able to do this
That’s because after more than 20 years, NASA engineers managed to reactivate the reserve thrusters of the interstellar probe Voyager 1. We say miracle because they were already considered dead; they ...
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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 ...
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, ...