In May 2025, NASA successfully reactivated a set of thrusters on the Voyager 1 spacecraft that had been dormant since 2004. This was a crucial step for scientists as the currently active thrusters, ...

The main concern revolved around the spacecraft's roll thrusters, which ensure its antenna remains pointed at Earth. Since 2004, Voyager 1 has been using its backup thrusters after the primary ...

NASA mission controllers raced against time to find a solution before a crucial ground-based radio used for communicating ...

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has been in space for nearly five decades, enduring the harsh environment of outer space. In the latest development, the team at the US space agency managed to restart a ...

That’s our conclusion anyway, after reading about the latest heroics that revived a set of thrusters on Voyager 1 that had been offline for over twenty years. The engineering aspects of this ...

This artist’s concept depicts one of the probes speeding away. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Against all odds, NASA engineers brought back to life a set of Voyager 1’s thrusters thought to be dead since ...