NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a cornerstone of astronomical research for over three decades, is transitioning to a one-gyroscope operational mode following a series of technical issues (via Gizmodo).

The Hubble Space Telescope shines in a picture taken from the Space Shuttle Discovery during Hubble's second servicing mission in 1997. The elderly Hubble Space Telescope has been on a rollercoaster ...

Over the weekend, the Hubble Space Telescope entered into Zero Gyro Sun Point (ZGSP) mode when gyroscope #5 malfunctioned. This gyroscope was shut down and Gyro #2 was turned on. Once the HST’s ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s jewel of the skies, is temporarily out of service. On Friday, the telescope stood down from observing and put itself into “safe mode” after one of its gyroscopes, ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope drifts in space in 2009. The telescope again has suspended operations after entering safe mode because of an ongoing gyroscope issue, according to NASA officials. File ...

Imagine keeping a laser beam trained on a dime that’s 200 miles away. Now imagine doing that continuously for 24 hours, while riding a merry-go-round. Seem difficult? Well, that’s basically what the ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken its first new images since switching to an alternate operating mode that uses one gyroscope (gyro). The spacecraft returned to science operations on June 14th ...

June 3 (UPI) --NASA's Hubble Space Telescope again has suspended operations after entering safe mode because of an ongoing gyroscope issue that has affected the craft for the past year, according to ...