Off-line Hubble gyro fails, adding urgency to October rescue
The faltering gyroscope that led NASA managers to plan an early rescue mission to the Hubble Space Telescope failed completely yesterday, leaving the orbiting observatory with the bare minimum three working gyros it needs to function until spacewalking astronauts can replace the whole set in October...
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