Hubble Telescope Hobbled
This is a real shame. The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down due to an electrical failure.
US space agency experts have said that only a third of the camera’s capabilities can be restored. A new camera for the giant orbiting telescope is not due to be fitted until 2008, when the space shuttle pays it a visit.
It seems third time unlucky then since there have been two other technical hitches since last year. There are other Hubble instruments that astronomers can use, like the Field Planetary Camera-2 and the Near Infrared Camera Multi-Object Spectrograph – but the failure of the primary camera is a real loss.
To see some more amazing space photographs captured by the main camera, jump now.-Martin Lynch
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