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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 ...
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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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 ...
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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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Voyager 1 is finally responding again! 🤩
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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 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 ...
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A broken thruster jeopardized Voyager 1, but engineers executed a remote fix
NASA mission controllers raced against time to find a solution before a crucial ground-based radio used for communicating ...
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Voyager 1's thrusters brought back to life after 21 years
Researchers reawakened roll thrusters for Voyager 1, restoring a backup system months before an Earth antenna sending ...
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Once ‘dead’ thrusters on the farthest spacecraft from Earth are in action again
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Engineers at NASA ...
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, ...
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Zombie Voyager 1 Spacecraft Resurrects Its "Dead" Thrusters Over 15 Billion Miles Away
NASA's Voyager 1, the furthest spacecraft from Earth, simply refuses to die. In a press release, the space agency revealed ...