NASA just brought Voyager 1’s dead thrusters back to life—right before the spacecraft goes quiet for nearly two years.

Voyager 2 preceded it into space by 16 days, but Voyager 1 quickly overtook it on a faster trajectory, and arrived at Jupiter 4 months before its sister craft. Voyager 1 took this photo of Jupiter ...

Five are still operational on Voyager 2, four on Voyager 1 ... instead fired up another set of thrusters that were used for trajectory correction maneuvers and haven’t been used since the ...

The thrusters of Voyager 1 spacecraft which have been inoperable for the last two decades have been finally revived, NASA said. In an announcement on May 14, the agency revealed that these thrusters ...

A side effect of upgrades to an Earth-based antenna that sends commands to Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, the communications ... to change the spacecraft’s trajectory during planetary ...

NASA engineers have revived old thrusters on Voyager 1 to prevent a clog from endangering the mission during a planned ...

Saying farewell is hard, and in the case of the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft doubly so, seeing as how they have been with us for more than 47 years. From the highs of the 1970s and 1980s during their ...