Posted on 11/02/2021 7:34:46 AM PDT by Red Badger
NASA is continuing to investigate why the instruments in the Hubble Space Telescope recently went into safe mode configuration, suspending science operations. The instruments are healthy and will remain in safe mode while the mission team continues its investigation.
Hubble’s science instruments issued error codes at 1:46 a.m. EDT on October 23, indicating the loss of a specific synchronization message. This message provides timing information the instruments use to correctly respond to data requests and commands. The mission team reset the instruments, resuming science operations the following morning.
At 2:38 a.m. EDT, on October 25, the science instruments again issued error codes indicating multiple losses of synchronization messages. As a result, the science instruments autonomously entered safe mode states as programmed.
Mission team members are evaluating spacecraft data and system diagrams to better understand the synchronization issue and how to address it. They also are developing and testing procedures to collect additional data from the spacecraft. These activities are expected to take at least one week.
The rest of the spacecraft is operating as expected.
Launched 31 years ago, it is quite an accomplishment that it has continued to work.
NASA engineer: *sitting at monitor with a ring binder open in his lap* Okay, it says here “shift-F10”....
NASA engineer 2: NO, it’s “ctrl-F8,” you loser!
Wasn’t there a massive solar flare that swept out towards the earth within the week? Might there have been interference from that?
Indeed. Then again it might be the Zorcons shutting down the scope so as to mask their movements.
Johnny pulled the plug.
“autonomously”
That’s the new word for “automatically”.
Ain’t that the truth.
They should call that the Rattlesnake Galaxy. Top right is it’s head, bottom left are the rattles.
As SpaceX for help
Yeah really. Totally surprising that it’s lasted this long. There must not be any German or Chinese engineers involved.
The Voyagers too.
Ctl-alt-del.
Hubble was launched before the NASA diversity programs became the number one priority...
It needs to be canceled as “racist”...
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The long, long over due James Web Space Telescope is nearing launch.
I used PE projection printers for decades, excellent machines.
Insert Disk-666 out of 1024
I had VHS Tapes of the repairs done to Hubble by Story Musgrave. The ex-wife threw away the collection of tapes that included several years of NASCAR/F1/CART (Indy car) and NHRA as well !!! THE BE-OCH !!!
There was also some UFO’s bebopping around in the background until Musgrave mentioned it and then the camera got moved to a different point of view/focus.
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