Last October, Hubble’s scientific instruments entered a safe mode configuration, suspending all scientific operations after throwing error codes that pointed to multiple synchronization message losses. The Space Telescope team recovered the instruments one by one and, since December 7, the telescope is operating once again with its four active instruments collecting data.
Hubble has been operating for over 31 years, making scientific observations that have changed our understanding of the universe. With the launch of the James Webb telescope, expected for late this month, both observatories will work together, expanding our knowledge of the cosmos.
La industria española jugará un papel destacado en los futuros descubrimientos a través de su contribución a los instrumentos MIRI y NIRSpec proporcionados por la ESA a la NASA para el telescopio James Webb.
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Last deployment of the Hubble (2009)
On May 19, 2009, after completing all scheduled tasks of Servicing Mission 4, the crew
of Space Shuttle Atlantis releases the Hubble, which coasts freely above the Earth.
Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus
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The Hubble Space Telescope of NASA / ESA has completed its 2021 annual grand tour of the outer Solar System. Note: Planets are not to scale.
Return to Veil Nebula
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Veil Nebula is the visible part of the neighboring Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant formed approximately 10 billion years ago due to the death of a massive star.
James Webb Space Telescope
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NASA technicians raise the James Webb telescope using a crane, and move it around a clean room at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
