FacebookInstagramTwitterContact

 

Gotham FC Signs Germany Goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger From Chelsea           >>           Vitesse Docked 18 Points, Relegated Amid Probe Of Abramovich Ties           >>           12 Health Benefits Of Drinking Elderberry Tea           >>           Blueberries Found To Reduce CVD Risk By Up To 20 Percent           >>           Natural Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis: Research Shows Yoga Can Relieve Physical And Psychological Symptoms           >>           The Sweetest-Smelling City In The World Might Surprise You           >>           Inside Caitlin Clark And Connor Mccaffery's Winning Romance           >>           Inside Caitlin Clark And Connor Mccaffery's Winning Romance           >>           You Can Watch Taylor Swift And Post Malone’s “Fortnight” Music Video With A Broken Heart           >>           BIBD Awareness Campaign           >>          

 

SHARE THIS ARTICLE




REACH US


GENERAL INQUIRY

[email protected]

 

ADVERTISING

[email protected]

 

PRESS RELEASE

[email protected]

 

HOTLINE

+673 222-0178 [Office Hour]

+673 223-6740 [Fax]

 



Upcoming Events





Prayer Times


The prayer times for Brunei-Muara and Temburong districts. For Tutong add 1 minute and for Belait add 3 minutes.


Imsak

: 05:01 AM

Subuh

: 05:11 AM

Syuruk

: 06:29 AM

Doha

: 06:51 AM

Zohor

: 12:32 PM

Asar

: 03:44 PM

Maghrib

: 06:32 PM

Isyak

: 07:42 PM

 



The Business Directory


 

 



Space & Science


  Home > Space & Science


NASA wakes up Voyager's slumbering thrusters 37 years later


NASA/JPL-Caltech

 


 December 4th, 2017  |  09:25 AM  |   1436 views

WORLD

 

NASA's Voyager 1 has been drifting farther and farther away from our planet for the past 40 years. Now, the agency has ensured that it can maintain contact with the farthest spacecraft from Earth for at least two to three more years by waking up a set of backup thrusters it hasn't used since 1980. Voyager needs to rotate itself every so often so that its antenna points to our planet. It orients itself by firing several 10-millisecond puffs with its thrusters -- problem is, the ones it regularly uses haven't been performing as well after four decades in space.

 

Since nobody can physically check the condition of a probe 13 billion miles away, the team first gathered experts to assess the situation. On November 28th, they finally test-fired the backup thrusters, which worked perfectly and rotated the spacecraft just as well as the primary ones can. Todd Barber, one of the propulsion experts who looked at the issue closely, said that "The Voyager team got more excited each time with each milestone in the thruster test. The mood was one of relief, joy and incredulity after witnessing these well-rested thrusters pick up the baton as if no time had passed at all."

 

Thanks to the successful test, Voyager will switch to the backup thrusters in January and will be able to beam data back to Earth a bit longer. The team might conduct a similar test with Voyager 2's backups to ensure it can also send data back after it follows its older sibling to interstellar space in a few years' time.

 


 

Source:
courtesy of ENGADGET

by Mariella Moon

 

If you have any stories or news that you would like to share with the global online community, please feel free to share it with us by contacting us directly at [email protected]

 

Related News


Lahad Datu Murder: Remand Of 13 Students Extende

 2024-03-30 07:57:54

In Pictures: India Votes In World's Biggest Election

 2024-04-20 00:10:59

Post Office Lawyer 'Missed' Key Horizon Finding

 2024-04-20 01:27:17