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Voyager 1 fires thrusters last used in 1980 – and they worked!
Ancient assembler code checked out and now probe’s mission can be extended
NASA’s announced that Voyager 1’s already-amazingly-long mission will probably be extended for an extra two or three years, thanks to a successful attempt to use thrusters that haven’t fired up since the year 1980.…
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/04/voyager_1_mission_extension_thanks_assmbler_code_and_thrusters_unused_since_1980/