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Starliner’s Thruster Failures and Helium Leaks Test NASA’s Resolve in Space Exploration
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NASA resurrects Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft's thrusters after 20 years: 'These thrusters were considered dead'
"It was yet another miracle save for Voyager." NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been used since 2004 and were ...
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NASA Is Investigating Boeing Starliner's "In-Flight Anomalies"
According to NASA, teams are working hard to test Starliner's offending thrusters and the surrounding "doghouse," the part of the module where the thrusters are located. Investigations revealed ...
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Once ‘dead’ thrusters on the farthest spacecraft from Earth are in action again
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NASA Revives Voyager 1’s Dead Thrusters After 21 Years — Here’s How
An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA engineers have put backup thrusters not used since 2004 back into service on its aging Voyager 1 spacecraft — from ...
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Boeing's Starliner Disaster Was Even Worse Than We Thought, Astronaut Reveals
News that NASA had actively bent flight rules to allow Starliner to continue attempting to dock with the station — despite multiple thrusters failing — highlights the real danger Wilmore and ...
There’s a problem with the futuristic thrusters on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft
Psyche has an unusual propulsion system which uses ionized xenon and which gives off a blue glow. These thrusters use tiny amounts of xenon and expel charged atoms to move forwards. While electric ...
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NASA astronaut reveals they nearly failed to dock Boeing Starliner to International Space Station
Wilmore said that as the Starliner approached the International Space Station, they lost the first thruster. As the Starliner got closer to the space station, a second thruster was also lost.
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Boeing reports progress on containing Starliner costs
There was no other discussion about Starliner in the call or the SEC filing, including progress on work to resolve thruster problems and helium leaks suffered on the CFT mission. NASA’s ...
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Rescued NASA astronauts: We'd go up in Boeing's Starliner again if needed
The two organizations are planning testing of "key Starliner thrusters" in New Mexico, the agency said. New helium system seal options have also been being put through testing. "Once we get ...
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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.