Space Ops: Intrepid Voyager Spacecraft Rise Again

Irene Klotz May 22, 2025
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
After nearly 50 years in the frigid cold and high-radiation environment of space, the properties of materials aboard the Voyager spacecraft are somewhat of a mystery. So the idea of troubleshooting a thruster issue seemed riskier than switching to a backup system. That engineering workaround lasted...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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