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Hubble Instruments Remain in Safe Mode, NASA Team Investigating

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November 04, 2021 7:30PM (EDT)Release ID: 2021-064
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NASA is continuing work to resolve the issue that caused Hubble’s science instruments to enter safe mode Oct. 25.

NASA is continuing work to resolve an issue that has suspended science operations on the Hubble Space Telescope. The science instruments entered a safe mode configuration on Oct. 25 after detecting a loss of specific data synchronization messages.

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Nov. 4, 2021 – NASA Takes Additional Steps to Investigate Hubble Instruments in Safe Mode NASA is continuing work to resolve an issue that has suspended science operations on the Hubble Space Telescope. The science instruments entered a safe mode configuration on Oct. 25 after detecting a loss of specific data synchronization messages. The Hubble team is focusing its efforts to isolate the problem on hardware that commands the instruments and is part of the Science Instrument Command and Data Handling Unit. Specifically, the team is analyzing the circuitry of the Control Unit, which generates ...

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