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NASA Revives Voyager 1’s Dead Thrusters After 21 Years — Here’s How


NASA has successfully reactivated Voyager 1’s backup thrusters, unused since 2004, in what NASA is calling a "miracle save" for the 48 years old probe now in deep space.

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