Suzanne Dodd Biography

Becomes Voyager project manager and oversees operations as the twin spacecraft continue through the outer heliosphere.

Voyager 1's ultraviolet spectrometer is switched off as part of long-term power conservation.

Engineers successfully fire Voyager 1 trajectory-correction thrusters for the first time in thirty-seven years.

Directs power-management measures that preserve critical Voyager engineering and science operations as electrical output declines.

A command sequence inadvertently points Voyager 2's antenna away from Earth, interrupting normal communications.

Deep Space Network commands restore full communications with Voyager 2 after its antenna is realigned to Earth.

Voyager 1 stops returning readable science and engineering data after a flight-data-system memory problem.

A software-memory workaround restores usable Voyager 1 engineering data after five months of troubleshooting.

Voyager 1 resumes returning usable science data from all four instruments that were then operating.

Engineers switch Voyager 1 to a different thruster set to mitigate clogged propellant inlet tubes.

Engineers switch off Voyager 2's plasma science instrument to conserve the spacecraft's declining power.

Voyager 1's cosmic ray subsystem is switched off to preserve power for the remaining mission.

Engineers revive long-dormant Voyager 1 roll thrusters to provide a backup attitude-control option.

Engineers switch off Voyager 1's low-energy charged particle experiment to extend spacecraft operations.