NASA has been trying to figure out what's wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope for nearly two weeks, but the mystery just deepened. Hubble, which launched into orbit in 1990, is the world's most ...

This system is separate from the main computer, designed specifically to control and coordinate the science instruments on Hubble. It relays a "keep alive" signal to the main computer when operating ...

Engineers had hoped to have the back in working order Friday after a computer responsible for sending data back to Earth . On Wednesday, a NASA team did from the failed system to an on-board redundant ...

UPDATE 7/17: NASA says the science instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope have returned to "operational status, and the collection of science data will now resume," after the spacecraft was ...

In early October, NASA announced there was a serious problem with the Hubble Telescope. One of the telescope’s gyroscopes had failed, leaving the satellite with only two working gyros for moving and ...

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Nasa will attempt to fix a problem that has stopped the Hubble telescope from being used for astronomy. It's the worst glitch in years to hit the venerated observatory. An onboard computer halted on ...

During a 7-hour-and-20-minute spacewalk today, NASA astronauts gave the a new backup computer to replace the onboard system that had to be put into use after a technical failure last fall. The ...

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NASA yesterday suspended a plan to restart the Hubble Space Telescope by using long-dormant backup equipment onboard after the effort ran into problems. Agency scientists said they remain optimistic ...

Due to the significant Hubble Space Telescope malfunction that occurred over the weekend affecting the storage and transmittal of science data to Earth, NASA will evaluate the investigation results ...

The Hubble Telescope’s main camera is offline The main camera on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is down, and the repairs could be delayed because of the U.S. government shutdown.