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“While flipping a switch sounds simple, doing so remotely on a craft hurtling through interstellar space at around 35,000 mph (56,000 kmh) is significantly less so. The faulty heaters could only be fixed if the thrusters were turned on, but if the thrusters were on and the heaters weren't, any deviation from Voyager 1's course would trigger an automatic sequence to make the thrusters fire — causing the craft to explode.

“Additional time pressure also came from Deep Space Station 43, a gigantic 230-foot-wide (70 meter) antenna in Canberra, Australia, that forms one third of NASA's Deep Space Network. This antenna is the only station with enough signal power to send Voyager commands.”

(spoiler: it was a success)

https://www.livescience.com/space/yet-another-miracle-save-nasa-engineers-complete-nail-biting-maneuver-to-resurrect-voyager-1s-long-dead-thrusters

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