Voyager 1 successfully fires its backup thrusters after 37 years of inactivity.

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Its cool how it communicates with NASA using only about 20watts. 

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23 minutes ago, John_Galt said:

Its cool how it communicates with NASA using only about 20watts. 

 

It's also cool that it takes 17 hours, at the speed of light, to reach the Earth. Man, that is fast, but such a heck of a long way to go. And, I don't recall exactly. But, it is traveling like over a million kilometers per day? For 40 years!?