Space

Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probings feature three sets, or branches, of thrusters: pair of sets of perspective power thrusters and also one set of velocity correction procedure thrusters. Throughout the objective's planetary flybys, both kinds of thrusters were actually used for various purposes. However as Voyager 1 takes a trip on an unchanging course away from the solar system, its own thruster necessities are actually easier, as well as either thruster branch may be utilized to point the space capsule at Earth.