Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Status Report #2“Early on October 9 engineers sent commands to Hubble Space Telescope to toggle the suspect relay. Telemetry confirmed that the […]
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Hubble Update
Hubble’s key camera shuts down again, New Scientist“The Hubble Space Telescope’s most frequently used instrument, the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), has shut down unexpectedly. Hubble’s managers are still investigating […]
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A Little Hubble Trouble
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #4205“The ACS suspended at 266/15:21:25 GMT. … A detailed analysis of the event is underway with a tiger team meeting at 1pm Sunday. A […]
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Hubble Hardware Damaged
New Hubble Space Telescope Hardware Damaged On The Ground, SpaceRef“According to NASA sources, last Thursday, an eye bolt supporting a lifting rig failed while off-loading the Wide-field Scientific Instrument Protective […]
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More from the Anonymous NY Times Science Experts
Safe Return for the Shuttle, editorial, NY Times“Discovery’s seemingly unblemished flight raises some hope that a shuttle mission to rejuvenate the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s most important scientific instrument, may […]
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Hubble Update
NASA HST Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Status Update“On Thursday afternoon, June 29, the HST’s senior managers attended the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) of the activities required to install flight […]
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Hubble Update
NASA Issues Hubble Space Telescope Status ReportNASA Hubble Space Telescope: Update on Suspension of ACS Operations, STSCI“At this point, the ACS is in a safe configuration, and analysis of engineering […]
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Hubble Trouble: Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS)
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #4141“ACS Transition to Operate1 – Ops Request 17802-0 was completed at 173/21:11:12, successfully transitioning ACS from Suspend to its Operate1 state. In this state, […]
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Hubble In -and Out – of Safe Mode
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #4134“DOY 164/2006 Zero-Gyro Sunpoint (ZGSP) Safemode Flash Report – At GMT 164/20:35:26 the vehicle entered ZGSP Safemode due to the failure of the Magnetic […]
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Hubble Enters Safe Mode
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #4093“HST SAFEMODE: HST entered inertial hold on day 107:03:10:00.5 after failing a bright earth/moon avoidance test. All SIs are up in operate mode with […]