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A broken thruster jeopardized Voyager 1, but engineers executed a remote fix • May 20, 2025, 1:56 AM ET (NPR)
Voyager 1’s Long-Dead Thrusters Fire Again After 20 Years – Just in Time • May 19, 2025, 6:50 AM ET (SciTechDaily)
'Yet another miracle save': NASA engineers complete nail-biting maneuver to resurrect Voyager 1's long-dead thrusters • May 16, 2025, 8:04 AM ET (Live Science)
Once ‘dead’ thrusters on the farthest spacecraft from Earth are in action again • May 15, 2025, 6:27 AM ET (CNN)

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