Two flagship space telescopes are returning to their respective operations after they both entered safe mode around the same time earlier this month. The Hubble Space Telescope is close to moving back into normal science observations following a gyro issue, while the Chandra Space Telescope has now resumed its detections of X-ray emissions from very hot regions of the universe.
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The Russian Soyuz TMA-20, also known by its US designation of 25S, lifted off from…
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A failure investigation team has been created for Endeavour’s Number One Space Shuttle Main Engine…
Endeavour finally got a break from the weather and launched on the sixth attempt to…
Engineers have found the root cause of the Aerosurface Servoamplifer (ASA) channel 1 failure on…
Atlantis has returned to Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-1) in preparation for her flow towards the…
The latest software load for the orbiter flight computers – OI-33 (Operational Increment number 33)…
A fascinating memo, written by Shuttle manager Wayne Hale, has been acquired by this site,…
Due to a fault with LH2 ECO (Engine Cut Off) sensor #3, NASA has scrubbed…
As NASA close in on “rolling over” shuttle orbiter Atlantis, ahead the first launch of…
Despite the Shuttle heading into the final stages of its operational lifetime, the upcoming debut…
Following the confirmation that NASA will undertake one final mission to service the Hubble Space…
A LH2 ECO (Engine Cut Off) #3 sensor failed during tanking, but External Tank managers…
NASA’s Management Mission Team (MMT) meeting has concluded with the approval to proceed with a…
Meetings have already begun – as early as 5am Central time – to build a…