Space

Voyager 1 Crew Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probes feature three collections, or even branches, of thrusters: pair of collections of attitude propulsion thrusters and one collection of path correction procedure thrusters. Throughout the goal's worldly flybys, each sorts of thrusters were utilized for different functions. But as Voyager 1 takes a trip on an unvarying road out of the planetary system, its own thruster requirements are less complex, and either thruster branch can be utilized to aim the spacecraft at Earth.

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