NASA Says Recent Hubble Issues Likely Due to Aging Hardware Written 1 April 2021
Hubble Space Telescope | Credit: NASA
Spaceflight Now reports that NASA Astrophysics division director Paul Hertz said that the two issues the Hubble Space Telescope recently experienced are likely related to aging hardware. The Hubble Space Telescope is approaching the 31st anniversary of its launch. It went into safe mode on March 7 because of a software issue. Efforts to recover the telescope showed two other problems, including an aperture door glitch and a voltage alarm on the Wide Field Camera 3.
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