Hubble Space Telescope Begins Single-Gyro Operations

Mark Carreau June 20, 2024
Image from Hubble Space Telescope

This new Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1546, a nearby galaxy in the constellation Dorado.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—As anticipated, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has initiated imagery gathering with a single gyroscope, following the malfunction of one of the three aiming and steering devices in late May that sent the 34-year-old observatory into safe mode. With just two of the six gyros remaining from the...
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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