Tuesday, 30 October 2018

Hubble Telescope functioning again after activation of backup gyro

On October 5 the Hubble telescope suffered a failure of one of six gyros on board -- instruments which measure the rotation of the craft. Now NASA has announced that the telescope has been fixed by the activation of a backup gyro.

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