NASA is working to resume science operations of the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope after it entered safe mode April 23 due to an ongoing gyroscope (gyro) issue. Hubble’s instruments are stable, and the telescope is in good health. The telescope automatically entered safe mode when one of its three gyroscopes gave faulty readings. The gyros […]
The headline conjurs an image of a bunch of scientists in their lab coats holding Erlenmeyer flasks just frozen in place, because NASA paused science.