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These changes include new seals to plug helium leaks and thermal shunts and barriers to keep the spacecraft's thrusters from overheating.
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
Each Voyager has a set of primary thrusters that control movement in all directions as well as smaller thrusters for what is called roll control.
—Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
According to Kim, Elytra will be equipped with the same systems used in the Blue Ghost landing — including the reaction control system thrusters that successfully performed Blue Ghost's final descent to the moon — for the Sinequone mission.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
To avoid this, the engineers spent March of this year coaxing the secondary thrusters back to life.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 18 May 2025
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
Each Voyager has a set of primary thrusters that control movement in all directions as well as smaller thrusters for what is called roll control.
—Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
According to Kim, Elytra will be equipped with the same systems used in the Blue Ghost landing — including the reaction control system thrusters that successfully performed Blue Ghost's final descent to the moon — for the Sinequone mission.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
To avoid this, the engineers spent March of this year coaxing the secondary thrusters back to life.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 18 May 2025
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“Thruster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thruster. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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thruster
noun
thrust·er
ˈthrəs-tər 
: one that thrusts
especially
: an engine that produces thrust by discharging a jet of fluid or a stream of particles
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