Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 Recovered After Power Issue

Mark Carreau March 15, 2021
Hubble
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope.
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC-3) aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was reactivated over the weekend, following a low-voltage incident linked to the aging observatory’s recent lapse into safe mode. The WFC-3, which was installed aboard HST during NASA’s fifth and final space shuttle...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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