Space

Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probings feature three collections, or divisions, of thrusters: two collections of attitude propulsion thrusters and also one set of trajectory adjustment maneuver thrusters. In the course of the mission's wandering flybys, each sorts of thrusters were utilized for different purposes. But as Voyager 1 journeys on an unfading path away from the planetary system, its thruster demands are easier, and either thruster division may be made use of to aim the space capsule at Planet.