A Hubble gyro glitch has forced NASA to suspend all of the telescope’s ongoing scientific missions so it can fix things.
NASA has paused all of the Hubble space telescope’s current science missions due to a gyro glitch, the space agency has shared. The issue first appeared on November 19, when the telescope entered safe mode after one of its three gyroscopes returned faulty readings.
The team quickly resumed operations after solving the issue, but the unstable gyro caused the system to enter safe mode twice more, on November 21 and November 23. The agency was able to recover operations after the incident on November 21. However, the telescope entered safe mode one more time on November 23, sparking NASA to suspend all scientific missions until it figures out what’s going on.
