Each strap-on booster also had two Vernier engines for maneuvering, while the core had four such thrusters. The total thrust of the core stage and boosters was equal to about 4,795.4 kN (1,078,050 ...

NASA revived roll thrusters on the 47-year-old Voyager 1 that were thought to be dead for two decades. According to the space agency, scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA ...

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In addition, the mission needed to ensure the availability of the long-dormant thrusters before May 4, when the Earth-bound antenna that sends commands to Voyager 1 and its twin Voyager 2 went ...

Brunvoll won another contract with Myklebust Shipyard for the delivery of a comprehensive thruster package, an additional vessel for REM Offshore, the option originally announced in May 2024.

The second stage engine is an upgrade over the earlier engine, with vernier thrusters replaced by a vector control system, saving 400 kilograms in mass. Landspace is also developing a throttleable ...

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NASA has successfully switched thrusters on the aging spacecraft from an impressive 24,630,000,000 kilometers (15,310,000,000 miles) away. Voyager 1 has traveled further than any human-made object ...

After it had trouble docking with the station, more leaks were found affecting its thruster system. Most recently, Boeing completed tests on spare thrusters back on the surface in an attempt to ...