Space

Voyager 1 Staff Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probings include 3 sets, or even branches, of thrusters: two sets of perspective power thrusters as well as one set of path adjustment maneuver thrusters. Throughout the purpose's global flybys, both types of thrusters were actually utilized for different functions. Yet as Voyager 1 travels on an unchanging course out of the planetary system, its thruster requirements are actually easier, and either thruster branch can be made use of to point the space probe at Earth.