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October 16, 2008

NASA Powers Up Hubble Backup System, Plans More Tests

So Far, So Good In Returning Observatory To Functional Status

NASA reports that Wednesday night, Space Telescope Operations Control Center engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center turned on and checked out Side 'B' of Hubble's Science Instrument Control and Data Handling (SIC&DH) system... powering up a backup system the space agency hopes will return the orbiting observatory to near-full functionality.

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