Hubble doesn’t like Side B

William Atkins
Saturday, 18 October 2008 21:32

Science - Space

NASA officials state that they think the problem lies in Side B of the Computer Processing Module (CPM-B).

They report, “The CPM-B had not been used on orbit prior to Wednesday evening’s activation of Side B of the Science Instrument Control & Data Handling (SIC&DH) unit.”

NASA is considering using Side A for part of the operations and Side B for its other components.

A test of this Side A/Side B dual configuration was performed in a Hubble mock-up at the Goddard Space Flight Center. The results of the test are forthcoming but not yet available.

These scientists and engineers at Goddard are continuing the investigation with the hope they can solve these problems so Hubble can get back to work.

More details later as they become available on the status and future operations of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Background information on the Hubble problem is found on the iTWire article “NASA engineers re-boot Hubble with 486 computer.”