OTD In Space - September 18: Voyager 1 Takes First Photo Of Earth-Moon System
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and the moon were ...
NASA Pulls Off Delicate Thruster Swap, Keeping Voyager 1 Mission Alive
Engineers needed to swap out the clogged thrusters on the spacecraft as it continues its journey through interstellar space.
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Voyager 1 Issue Tracked Down To Defective Memory Chip
After more than forty-six years all of us are likely to feel the wear of time, and Voyager 1 is no different. Following months of harrowing troubleshooting as the far-flung spacecraft stopped ...
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Scientists save 47 years old of Voyager 1 from disaster with daring thruster fix
NASA engineers have successfully solved a tricky issue with Voyager 1’s thrusters, which are crucial to keeping the ...
On this date: Voyager 1 launches
It launched second, but reached its target first. On September 5, 1977, the Voyager 1 spacecraft blasted off from Cape ...
Old Voyager 1 engine restarted: Operation of the probe increasingly difficult
One of the Voyager 1 probe's engines has been successfully launched. It was actually out of order due to performance problems ...
What human-made object is the farthest from Earth?
Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...
Voyager 1 is slowly dying 15 billion miles from Earth
Voyager 1 spent the last 47 years hurtling in a straight line away from Earth, exploring the deepest reaches of space that ...