Space

Voyager 1 Crew Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probings include three collections, or divisions, of thrusters: pair of collections of mindset power thrusters and also one collection of trail adjustment maneuver thrusters. Throughout the goal's planetary flybys, each types of thrusters were actually utilized for various purposes. Yet as Voyager 1 travels on a changeless course away from the planetary system, its own thruster demands are simpler, and either thruster branch can be used to point the space probe at Earth.