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Nasa shuts down Hubble space telescope following mysterious ‘error’
The Sun UK ^ | 9 Mar 2021, 20:53 | Harry Pettit

Posted on 03/09/2021 5:58:05 PM PST by BenLurkin

THE Hubble space telescope has been taken offline with all observations halted until further notice.

The Nasa team behind the $1.5billion contraption said that it was placed into "safe mode" at 4pm ET (9pm GMT) on Sunday due to a software bug.

The telescope, which orbits about 547 kilometers (340 miles) above Earth, is not in danger of shutting down permanently, according to the official Hubble Twitter account.

"All science systems appear normal and Hubble is safe and stable," the account tweeted on Monday.

"The team is working [on] plans to safely return it to normal science operations."

Launched in 1990, Hubble was the first space telescope ever built and has provided a dazzling array of pictures of distant stars, planets and galaxies.

At ~4:00 a.m. EST on Sunday, the Hubble Space Telescope went into safe mode due to an onboard software error. All science systems appear normal and Hubble is safe and stable. The team is working plans to safely return it to normal science operations.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: error; hubble; nasa; safemode; softwarebug; telescope
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To: BenLurkin
Contraption is the origin of a drummer's "Trap Set". You beat them. In my Hubble opinion this has nothing to do with the Church of Georgio.




41 posted on 03/10/2021 4:41:08 AM PST by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Robert A. Heinlein)
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42 posted on 03/10/2021 4:44:16 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: realcleanguy

I don’t want to say it was aliens but. 😏


43 posted on 03/10/2021 7:06:18 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Revel

It gets updates fairly often.


44 posted on 03/10/2021 7:11:17 AM PST by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: Georgia Girl 2
I don’t want to say it was aliens but. 😏

Well why not? You admittedly get your information from alien enthusiasts and you have personally been pushing the QFS story.

45 posted on 03/10/2021 7:12:07 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: BenLurkin

That’s like “Beethoven’s 9th Racket.”


46 posted on 03/10/2021 7:15:00 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: Ezekiel
Bird doo!


47 posted on 03/11/2021 4:50:39 AM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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