NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope entered a new era of science operations this week, when engineers shut down one of the three operational gyroscopes aboard the observatory. The two-gyro mode is expected ...

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NASA shut down one of the Hubble Space Telescope's three remaining operational gyroscopes this week, putting the observatory into a "two-gyro" mode to preserve the third gyro and hopefully extend ...

On Friday, NASA’s iconic Hubble Space Telescope, our window into the universe since 1990, went into a protective safe mode after one of its gyroscopes failed. Hubble was built with six gyroscopes ...

The Hubble Space Telescope will transition to operating with a single gyroscope following repeated interruptions caused by a faltering unit, necessitating a safe mode entry on May 24. This decision, ...

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After NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope entered “safe” mode about two weeks ago, its operations team has been scrambling to bring a balky gyroscope back online. Now, the space agency says it believes it ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope entered a new era of science operations this week, when engineers shut down one of the three operational gyroscopes aboard the observatory. The two-gyro mode is expected ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope entered a new era of science operations this week, when engineers shut down one of the three operational gyroscopes aboard the observatory. The two-gyro mode is expected ...