l Hubble l Space l Telescope l  goes into safe mode due to failed gyro--Plan B pending
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Date: 2018-10-09

The 28-year-old Hubble Space Telescope is temporarily out of service, due to the failure of one of its gyroscopic pointing devices, but scientists say they’re working on a Plan B.

Today NASA confirmed reports that Hubble scientists such as deputy mission head Rachel Osten were passing along over the weekend: One of the telescope’s three active gyros had failed on Friday, which hampered the telescope’s ability to point at astronomical targets for long periods.

NASA said that Hubble’s instruments were still fully operational, and that mission managers were working to address the gyro issue:
“Built with multiple redundancies, Hubble had six new gyros installed during Servicing Mission-4 in 2009. Hubble usually uses three gyros at a time for maximum efficiency, but can continue to make scientific observations with just one.

“The gyro that failed had been exhibiting end-of-life behavior for approximately a year, and its failure was not unexpected; two other gyros of the same type had already failed. The remaining three gyros available for use are technically enhanced and therefore expected to have significantly longer operational lives.”
Only two of those enhanced gyros are currently running. The third one hasn’t been performing at the level required for operations, NASA said. Experts at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Space Telescope Science Institute are analyzing the situation and conducting tests to find out whether the third gyro can be recovered.

If it can’t be recovered, Hubble will go into one-gyro mode, and hold the second working gyro in reserve. “While reduced-gyro mode offers less sky coverage at any particular time, there is relatively limited impact on the overall scientific capabilities,” NASA said.
The news came as a shock to the fans of the venerable space telescope, which has sent down jaw-dropping images and data to address cosmic conundrums ranging from planetary origins to the age of the universe. Most recently, the telescope helped scientists firm up their evidence for the first detection of a moon circling an exoplanet.

Hubble’s success is due in no small part to five servicing missions flown by space shuttle crews, including an initial visit in 1993 to fix the telescope’s flawed optics and the final visit in 2009 that replaced the gyros and provided additional upgrades.

Since the shuttle fleet was retired in 2011, there’s been no possibility to send a repair crew. The telescope has been on its own, but so far, the team’s scientists and engineers have been able to work around any maintenance snags.
Astronomers have been hoping that Hubble will continue to operate long enough to cover the transition to NASA’s next-generation James Webb Space Telescope. As recently as last year, Webb was scheduled for launch in 2018, but a series of engineering setbacks and missteps has delayed liftoff until 2021 at the earliest.

Hubble operations suspended after technical failure
A technical fault has led NASA to suspend science operations for the hardworking Hubble Space Telescope. The craft entered safe mode on Friday when one of its gyroscopes failed, and while the problem may or may not be fixable, Hubble is expected to continue science operations regardless.
During normal operation, Hubble uses three gyros to point and steady the telescope, but one of these failed just after 6pm EDT (10pm GMT) on Friday October 5. As a result, the craft automatically entered safe mode, which allows ground control to try to resolve the problem and resume regular operation.
The breakdown wasn't exactly a surprise – NASA says the gyro had been showing signs of wearing out for about a year or so. As a backup Hubble has six of them installed, but there's a problem with this as well: two had already suffered the same fate, and when the agency went to fire up the last remaining gyro, it refused to work properly.

NASA says its staff are currently working to analyze the fault and determine whether it can be restored to full operation, but even if it can't there's still hope for the future of Hubble. NASA says the craft can continue to work in a "reduced-gyro" mode that only requires the one gyroscope. That means it won't be able to scan as much of the sky, but since there's nothing wrong 

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