“Liftoff of the Space Shuttle Discovery with the Hubble Space Telescope, our window on the universe!”
In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space to be our window to the universe.
Since then, Hubble has provided the world with its stunning images of the cosmos.
But on June 13, 2021, Hubble’s payload computer unexpectedly came to a halt.
The Hubble team attempted to bring the computer back online but with no success.
Team alumni and retirees joined the effort to methodically identify the failure’s cause and possible solutions.
They updated and tested procedures to perform a very complex hardware switch.
On July 15, the team performed 15 hours of spacecraft commanding...
...and successfully completed the challenging and risky switch to backup hardware.
They then successfully brought the science instruments back online.
Science observations are now flowing again...
…as Hubble continues uncovering the mysteries of the universe.
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