Space

Voyager 1 Group Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probes feature 3 sets, or even divisions, of thrusters: 2 sets of mindset power thrusters and also one set of trail adjustment maneuver thrusters. During the objective's planetary flybys, both types of thrusters were actually utilized for different functions. Yet as Voyager 1 journeys on an imperishable road out of the solar system, its thruster needs are easier, and also either thruster division could be used to point the spacecraft at Earth.