NASA managed to communicate with the thrusters of the Voyager 1 spacecraft after 37 years of being shut down, generating a lot of excitement in the scientific community.NASA scientists have been able to communicate with the thrusters of the Voyager 1 spacecraft, turning them on 37 years after they were turned off, sending a wave of excitement throughout the scientific community eagerly awaiting the discovery.
Voyager 1
Voyager 1 was a space probe launched on September 5, 1977. The goal of the probe is to explore the limits of our solar system and interstellar space. The probe is currently 13 trillion miles from our planet, making it the most distant man-made space object from Earth.
The fact that it can communicate with our planet is a huge advantage considering how far it is from Earth. The spacecraft can travel at speeds of 35,000 miles per hour.
interstellar space
Space probes recently left the confines of the heliosphere, the region of space affected by the sun’s magnetic field and solar wind, and entered the heliopause, the region where the sun’s influence ends and it joins our system with the sun and interstellar space. which are areas of human spaceflight that have never been explored before.
Along those lines, Voyager 1 engineers wanted to try to ignite the thrusters in the region, which had been dormant for 37 years. So the scientists fired up the thrusters and waited for a message from the probe, which took 19 hours to reach NASA’s antenna.
Good news for Voyager 1
With the backup thrusters activated, scientists hope to extend Voyager 1’s lifespan by another two to three years. Ultimately, the probe promises to give us unprecedented information into the far reaches of our solar system and beyond.
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