Space

Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probes include three sets, or divisions, of thrusters: 2 collections of perspective propulsion thrusters and one set of trail adjustment procedure thrusters. Throughout the purpose's global flybys, both kinds of thrusters were actually utilized for different functions. But as Voyager 1 takes a trip on a constant path away from the solar system, its thruster necessities are actually simpler, and either thruster division could be made use of to aim the spacecraft at The planet.