NASA nails test on Voyager spacecraft, 13 billion miles away
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) " NASA has nailed an engine test on a spacecraft 13 billion miles away.Last week, ground controllers sent commands to fire backup thrusters on Voyager 1, our 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. It took more than 19 hours " the one-way travel time for signals " for controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, [...]
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