Space

Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probes include 3 sets, or divisions, of thrusters: 2 collections of mindset propulsion thrusters and one set of path adjustment procedure thrusters. In the course of the mission's earthly flybys, both sorts of thrusters were actually used for various functions. However as Voyager 1 travels on an unchanging pathway away from the planetary system, its own thruster requirements are actually easier, and also either thruster branch could be utilized to point the space capsule at Earth.

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