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Hubble's Main Camera Stops Working
http://www.space.com/news/060623_hubble_acs.html
"The Hubble Space Telescope's showcase camera has been offline since Monday, June 19. Managers are scrambling to use the observatory's other cameras as science operations continue. Meanwhile, engineers have yet to figure out what caused the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) to go into "safe mode," essentially a sleep state that prevents normal operations. But the outlook is bright. "We're very optimistic" that the camera will be fixed, said Ed Ruitberg, associate program manager for Hubble at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center..." |
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Hubble's Main Camera Stops Working
Klaatu wrote: http://www.space.com/news/060623_hubble_acs.html "The Hubble Space Telescope's showcase camera has been offline since Monday, June 19. Managers are scrambling to use the observatory's other cameras as science operations continue. Meanwhile, engineers have yet to figure out what caused the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) to go into "safe mode," essentially a sleep state that prevents normal operations. But the outlook is bright. "We're very optimistic" that the camera will be fixed, said Ed Ruitberg, associate program manager for Hubble at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center..." "You see, it's failing! We have no choice but to decommission it!!!!" |
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