NASA temporarily loses contact with V'ger - eviltoast

The Voyagers were launched nearly half a century ago.

  • RheingoldRiver@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    We do have to be able to tell it to point the antenna away from Earth sometimes… to point sensors at a target of interest or to align thrusters in a certain direction for a maneuver. We don’t need to do these things much anymore, but the ability was critical during planetary flybys.

    Ah, this is what I was looking for. Makes sense, thanks!