Hubble Space Telescope Main Camera Disabled

January 30, 2007 | General | By: Mark VandeWettering

The Hubble’s main ACS camera appears to have suffered a short circuit that has resulted in the camera powering down and entering a safe mode. The engineers seem to think that it is rather unlikely that it will be returned to working order, and the problem may affect the actual praticality of the scheduled final reservicing mission. Bummer.