Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap The spacecraft uses its thrusters to stay pointed at Earth, but after 47 years in space some of the fuel tubes have become clogged. . Sept. 10, 2024 NASA JPL Scientists, Engineers Collaborate With Artists for Exhibition Works in ‘Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination,’ an exhibit in Glendale, California, help shrink the universe