Emily Lakdawalla • Oct 27, 2008
One Hubble camera ready for business
Just a quick update on Hubble here: As you may recall, a glitch within a computer system on September 27 caused it to quit most science operations, and an earlier attempt to revive it didn't work as expected. But the news is getting better: a few hours ago, the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 was brought up out of safe mode. A NASA status report says the camera will "resume science operations shortly." The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 is (as should be no surprise, given its name) very useful for studies of objects within our solar system. It's responsible for such lovely photos as this:
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