NASA turns to Voyager’s dormant thrusters for first time in 37 years – and they work!
Imagine you had a car sitting in storage since 1980, and suddenly you needed to start it up. Now imagine that it revs up like a charm as soon as you turn the key. That's the scenario NASA is using as a comparison for this week's startup of a thruster system that's been sitting dormant on the Voyager 1 probe for 37 years.