Space

Voyager 1 Crew Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Both Voyager probes feature 3 collections, or even divisions, of thrusters: pair of sets of attitude power thrusters and one set of trail correction maneuver thrusters. During the purpose's worldly flybys, each forms of thrusters were actually utilized for various reasons. But as Voyager 1 takes a trip on an unchanging pathway away from the solar system, its thruster needs are actually simpler, and either thruster division can be utilized to point the spacecraft at Planet.