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science@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

CNN: 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades

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CNN: 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades

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science@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades | CNN

Engineers have mitigated an issue with Voyager 1’s thrusters, enabling the mission to stay in touch with mission controllers on Earth and send back unique data.

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I’ve always enjoyed this video to give a perspective on size

https://youtu.be/i93Z7zljQ7I

I usually increase playback speed, it’s a bit slow at start.

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