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[–] derram 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

https://archive.fo/uINuy :

After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters | Ars Technica

'"The Voyager team got more excited each time with each milestone in the thruster test. '

'This week, the scientists and engineers on the Voyager team did something very special. '

'Then, the Earth-bound spacecraft team had to wait another 19 hours and 35 minutes to see if the spacecraft responded. '

'In recent decades, Voyager had been relying on its primary thrusters to keep the spacecraft properly oriented so that it can maintain a communications link with Earth. '

'At present, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is 21 billion kilometers from Earth, or about 141 times the distance between the Earth and Sun. '

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