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The Hubble Space telescope, which went offline due to an onboard computer glitch, has resumed science operations. Engineers successfully switched to the backup hardware on the Hubble telescope, including powering on the backup payload computer, on July 15. “Most observations missed while science operations were suspended will be rescheduled for a later date,” Nasa said in a statement, adding that …

Hubble telescope remains blind: Science operations shut as Nasa diagnoses faulty computer

Ten days after it encountered a glitch in its onboard computer, the Hubble Space Telescope remains in safe mode with science operations shut down. The Hubble team has been working on the payload computer that halted on June 13 as the spacecraft stopped collecting science data. Nasa had earlier performed tests on the payload computer on June 23 and June …

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Hubble telescope faces computer glitch, science operations halted

Thirty years into its service providing a window to the vastness of the cosmos, the Hubble Space Telescope has been showing signs of degradation. The payload computer onboard the telescope halted on Sunday and the Hubble team is trying to investigate whether a degrading memory module led to the glitch. The faulty payload computer controls and coordinates the science instruments …