Space

Voyager 1 Staff Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probings feature 3 sets, or divisions, of thrusters: pair of sets of perspective power thrusters and one set of trail correction procedure thrusters. In the course of the purpose's nomadic flybys, each kinds of thrusters were actually used for various functions. Yet as Voyager 1 travels on an unvarying pathway out of the solar system, its thruster requirements are less complex, as well as either thruster branch may be utilized to aim the spacecraft at Earth.