A major computer failure onboard the Hubble Space Telescope is preventing data from being sent to Earth, forcing a scheduled shuttle mission to do repairs on the observatory to be delayed. NASA ...

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Engineers had hoped to have the back in working order Friday after a computer responsible for sending data back to Earth . On Wednesday, a NASA team did from the failed system to an on-board redundant ...

This system is separate from the main computer, designed specifically to control and coordinate the science instruments on Hubble. It relays a "keep alive" signal to the main computer when operating ...

NASA scientists and engineers have been working since Tuesday night to fix a computer failure on board the Hubble Space Telescope that hobbled the instrument and derailed a shuttle mission. A ...

Due to the significant Hubble Space Telescope malfunction that occurred over the weekend affecting the storage and transmittal of science data to Earth, NASA will evaluate the investigation results ...

NASA announced on Thursday, October 30, 2008, that it will not be launching space shuttle Atlantis and its STS-125 crew in February 2009. The U.S. space agency has been unable to complete all the work ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, seen here after the final shuttle servicing mission in 2009. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — A problem with the Hubble Space Telescope has renewed discussion about whether and ...