Posted on 12/05/2023 6:48:22 AM PST by C210N
NASA has announced that its 30-year-old iconic space telescope has stopped working and paused all scientific operations following a gyro error.
The space agency explained via its blogpost that the Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode on November 23 due to an "ongoing gyroscope (gyro) issue", and that the space telescope's instruments remain in good health. NASA further explained that Hubble entered into safe mode automatically when one of its three gyroscopes provided faulty readings. For those that don't know, Hubble's gyro's measure the turn rates of telescope, which is a component of the telescope knowing which direction it's pointing in.
Furthermore, NASA revealed that Hubble first entered into safe mode on November 19, but was promptly recovered by ground teams that were able to get Hubble back to an appropriate level for scientific operations. However, the following day, the gyro problem reared its head again, resulting in scientific operations being suspended again on November 21, which was followed by another recovery and then another failure on November 23.
This isn't the first time that Hubble has been brought offline, as it was only in June that the iconic space telescope was knocked offline due to a problem with its payload computer.
Sheila Jackson Lee probably would send the Mars Rover over to check out Hubble.
Hubble was rassist towards brown dwarfs.
Unfortunately, it's hard to find a decent gyro shop in space.
But no worries: Greece Will Be on the Moon By 2022, Greek Space Agency’s Chairman Confirms.
The shuttles became liberal Democrat trophies.
Except for the Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida (from where they launched), the others went to Los Angeles, DC, and New York City all known for their great contributions to the space program < /sarc>.
The Johnson Space Center in Houston (where the missions were run) was snubbed.
-PJ
The “Hubble Deep Field”…
An amazing picture.
Link HERE for an article describing how the images were captured.
Very important information from the article:
A close-up view of Copernicus' terraced walls. Hubble can resolve features as small as 280 feet across.
Lunar landers, rovers, tracks, and footprints are all much smaller than 280 feet.
Yep. It’s called the James Webb Space Telescope, launched in Dec 21.
Telescope has stopped working (33 years, RIP. 33!)
CLEAN UP IN ORBIT 5006B
>> Conspiracy guys say there is a second Hubble, owned by the CIA, pointed at Earth that’s used for spying. <<
Don’t look at Google maps!
The voyagers are still going.
Okay, who hired the cat?
Classic “clink bait” title?
Pretty good info. Thanks for posting it. I’m wrong about the Moon being too close to focus on, but it would’ve been cool if it could’ve imaged the landing sites. LRO did that, of course.
I often get asked by people who show up for public viewing at our observatory if we can see the Apollo sites, and of course I tell them nope.
And just barely ... the LRO images are convincing, or should be ... but even they are only a little better than "blobology".
Webster's definition of iconic:
2a: widely recognized and well-established
an iconic brand name
b: widely known and acknowledged especially for distinctive excellence
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