Submission + - Voyager 1 engineers adjust thrusters again.
plaidlad writes: After noticing thruster performance problems in 2002, Engineers made adjustments to fuel system pathing with more following in 2018.
Now, with 47+ years on her engine, Voyager 1 Engineers just made another long-distance tweak. This time they adjusted hydrazine flow through tiny (.25mm or 0.01inch) fuel tubes which had become blocked by the buildup of crud from seals and valves. As the article notes, " ...the tube opening was originally only 0.01 inches (0.25 millimeters) in diameter, the clogging has reduced it to 0.0015 inches (0.035 mm), or about half the width of a human hair."
Here I thought the carb on my old Citation was tough to work on.
Get more info on the Voyager 1 probe and her mission here https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager
Now, with 47+ years on her engine, Voyager 1 Engineers just made another long-distance tweak. This time they adjusted hydrazine flow through tiny (.25mm or 0.01inch) fuel tubes which had become blocked by the buildup of crud from seals and valves. As the article notes, "
Here I thought the carb on my old Citation was tough to work on.
Get more info on the Voyager 1 probe and her mission here https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager
