In the nick of time, NASA teams addressed clogging issues in the probe’s backup roll thrusters, before the only antenna ...

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, ...

Voyager 1 and 2 are NASA’s iconic deep space explorers, launched in 1977 to study the outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, ...

More than 15 billion miles from home, Voyager 1's ailing thrusters were threatening to abort the craft's mission. Until NASA ...

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

NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been ...

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

It was race against time as NASA engineers recently raced to fix a thruster problem aboard the vintage Voyager 1 deep space ...

NASA engineers successfully reactivated Voyager 1’s backup roll thrusters, dormant since 2004, to ensure continued spacecraft orientation as primary thrusters face clogging risks.

NASA has successfully reactivated the thrusters of Voyager 1, an interstellar spacecraft launched in 1977, after they were ...

Earlier this year, NASA mission controllers faced a challenging decision that could have marked the end of Voyager 1's decades-long journey. Launched in 1977 to explore the outer solar system ...