Hubble drifts over Earth after its release on May 19, 2009, by the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The team had performed all prepared tasks over the course of 5 spacewalks, making the Servicing Mission 4 (SM4), the fifth astronaut visit to the Hubble Space Telescope, an unqualified success. Credit: NASA
The Hubble group successfully recuperated the Advanced Camera for Surveys instrument on November 7. The instrument has actually started taking science observations as soon as again. Hubbles other instruments remain in safe mode while NASA continues investigating the lost synchronization messages very first spotted on October 23. The cam was selected as the first instrument to recuperate as it faces the fewest problems must a lost message happen.
Over the previous week, the objective team has actually continued investigating the origin of the synchronization concerns and has actually seen no extra issues. The team will continue looking into possible short-term options today and develop estimates for execution. The team will talk about returning the other instruments to operational status and resuming their science observations as soon as this takes place.
By NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center
November 9, 2021
