The venerable Hubble space telescope has entered “safe mode.” This is NASA’s strategy to maintain it.
According to NASA officials, the Hubble Space Telescope will switch to a new operational paradigm that attempts to keep the space observatory from going through periods of incapacity to view the universe. For thirty-four years, the illustrious telescope that has taken breath-taking pictures of the universe has been powered by six gyroscopes. During a … Read more