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Hubble's Main Camera Back In Focus

Posted Jul 03, 2006 at 07:13AM by Alaric S. Listed in: Spacecraft, Space Missions Tags: NASA, infrared, Ed Ruitberg, Goddard Space Flight Center
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NASA's Discovery shuttle may be "under the weather" but its Hubble Space Telescope is back in full power after its ailing Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) was successfully re-activated Friday morning. NASA officials initiated the successful switchover to backup power for the camera and science observations are schedule to resume Sunday.

"This is the best possible news," said Ed Ruitberg, deputy associate director for the Astrophysics Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "We were confident we could work through the camera issue, and now we can get back to doing more incredible science with the camera."

The ACS is a composite of three electronic cameras that detect light from the ultraviolet to the near infrared installed during a March 2002 servicing mission. NASA officials are optimistic that the ACS will continue functioning until Hubble's next servicing mission, which is tentatively scheduled for 2007.

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