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This rendering provided by NASA shows Voyager 1. NASA has nailed a thruster test on Voyager 1, a spacecraft 13 billion miles away. Last week, ground controllers sent commands to fire backup thrusters on Voyager 1, humanity’s most distant spacecraft. The thrusters had been idle for 37 years, since Voyager 1 flew past Saturn.To NASA’s delight, the four dormant thrusters came alive. They’ll take over pointing operations next month.

This rendering provided by NASA shows Voyager 1. NASA has nailed a thruster test on Voyager 1, a spacecraft 13 billion miles away. Last week, ground controllers sent commands to fire backup thrusters on Voyager 1, humanity’s most distant spacecraft. The thrusters had been idle for 37 years, since Voyager 1 flew past Saturn.To NASA’s delight, the four dormant thrusters came alive. They’ll take over pointing operations next month.

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