Hubble Predicament Telescope fastened after month of no science

The Hubble Predicament Telescope must be back in action soon, following a aggravating, a ways off repair job by NASA.

The orbiting observatory went darkish in mid-June, with all worthy viewing halted.

NASA initially suspected a 1980s-period computer because the source of the problem. But after the backup payload computer additionally failed, flight controllers at Maryland’s Goddard Predicament Flight Center centered on the science instruments‘ better and extra encompassing insist and recordsdata unit, build in by spacewalking astronauts in 2009.

Engineers efficiently switched to the backup tools Thursday, and the vital payload computer kicked in. NASA mentioned Friday that science observations must nonetheless resume fast, if all the issues goes successfully.

A an identical swap took intention in 2008 after piece of the older design failed.

“Congrats to the crew!” NASA’s science mission chief Thomas Zurbuchen tweeted.

Launched in 1990, Hubble has made better than 1.5 million observations of the universe. NASA launched 5 repair missions to the telescope all over the home shuttle program. The final tuneup turned into once in 2009.

NASA plans to launch Hubble’s successor, the James Webb Predicament Telescope, by one year’s terminate.

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