Ars Technica

Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought

As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore, had to take manual control of the vehicle. But as ...
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47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades

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Once ‘dead’ thrusters on the farthest spacecraft from Earth are in action again

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NASA resurrects Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft's thrusters after 20 years: 'These thrusters were considered dead'

NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been used since 2004 and were long considered fully defunct. This remarkable feat ...
Ars Technica

NASA update on Starliner thruster issues: This is fine

Before clearing Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule to depart the International Space Station and head for Earth, NASA managers want to ensure the spacecraft’s problematic control thrusters can help guide ...
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Once ‘dead’ thrusters on the farthest spacecraft from Earth are in action again

(CNN) — Engineers at NASA say they have successfully revived thrusters aboard Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from our planet, in the nick of time before a planned communications blackout. A side ...