On October 5 th, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope experienced a troublesome gyroscope malfunction. Onboard software attempted to rectify the issue by kickstarting a backup gyroscope that NASA built into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Hubble Space Telescope — one of NASA’s most reliable and important pieces of space hardware — has had a rough couple of weeks.

NASA today said it would work with a team of researchers on a three-year, $1.8 project to build gyroscope systems that are more than 1,000 times as sensitive as those in use today. The Fast Light ...

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).

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