Space

Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Both Voyager probings include three sets, or divisions, of thrusters: two collections of attitude propulsion thrusters and one set of velocity adjustment maneuver thrusters. In the course of the goal's nomadic flybys, each sorts of thrusters were actually utilized for various purposes. But as Voyager 1 travels on an imperishable pathway away from the planetary system, its thruster requirements are actually less complex, and also either thruster division may be made use of to point the space capsule at Earth.