Space

Voyager 1 Staff Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probes feature 3 sets, or branches, of thrusters: two sets of attitude power thrusters and also one collection of velocity adjustment maneuver thrusters. During the course of the mission's global flybys, each kinds of thrusters were utilized for different functions. But as Voyager 1 travels on a constant course out of the solar system, its own thruster requirements are actually less complex, and also either thruster division may be made use of to point the space capsule at Earth.