The Hubble Place Telescope, which has been peering into the universe for extra than 30 many years, has been down for the previous couple of days, NASA said Friday.
The trouble is a payload computer that stopped doing work last Sunday, the US house agency explained.
NASA continues to perform to take care of an issue with the payload computer system on the Hubble Place Telescope, which halted on June 13.
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It insisted the telescope by itself and scientific instruments that accompany it are “in superior wellbeing.”
“The payload computer’s intent is to manage and coordinate the science instruments and keep an eye on them for wellbeing and basic safety needs,” NASA stated.
An try to restart it on Monday unsuccessful.
NASA mentioned initial evidence pointed to a degrading laptop memory module as the supply of the personal computer dilemma.
An endeavor to swap to a again-up memory module also failed.
The technological know-how for the payload computer system dates back again to the 1980s, and it was changed during routine maintenance operate in 2009.
Launched in 1990, the Hubble Place Telescope revolutionised the entire world of astronomy and altered our vision of the universe as it despatched back photos of the solar system, the Milky Way and distant galaxies.
A new and extra strong one particular, identified as the James Webb Area Telescope, is scheduled to be deployed late this yr. It is created to peer further into the cosmos than ever ahead of.