What is also impressive about Voyager 1 is that, after its flybys of Jupiter and Saturn ending in 1980, it wasn't designed to survive much longer. However, thanks to a lot of overengineering and its nuclear power source, the probe continues to function after 47 years in the harsh condit...
Voyager 1 and 2 were originally a spin off of the Mariner program, originally called Mariner 11 and 12 but they decided to change the name. Voyager 1 and 2 were to look at our solar systems gas giants. They both were using a new technique called gravity assist to help maneuver. Voyager...
All of them have a source of power (usually solar cells) and batteries for storage. Arrays of solar cells provide power to charge rechargeable batteries. Newer designs include fuel cells. Power on most satellites is precious and very limited. Nuclear power has been used on space probes to oth...
The Voyagers are both powered by nuclear energy, as the sun's rays are too weak for solar power so far out in deep space. The radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) they use decay over time, meaning the plutonium produces a little less power every year. Engineers have already shut...
Yeah, yeah — I have to ask what the Hirogen are even doing way out here. It makes somewhere between very little and zero sense thatVoyagercould run into Hirogen who were affected byVoyager's actions three years ago. I suppose they've been steadily moving toward the Alpha Quadrant too,...
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“I was a nuclear strike pilot,” he said. “I had a one megaton thermonuclear bomb that was assigned to me, to go and hit a target in the part of the Communist domain for a number of years.” Rutan flew 325 combat missions. ...