July 16, 2021 – NASA Successfully Switches to Backup Hardware on Hubble Space Telescope. NASA has successfully switched to backup hardware on the Hubble Space Telescope, including powering on the backup payload computer, on July 15.

Is Hubble telescope broken?

NASA’s Hubble telescope — one of the most critical tools for space exploration — is broken again. Since its launch in April 1990, Hubble has been an invaluable asset for scientists and astronomers all over the world. … On November 1, NASA confirmed that Hubble is once again experiencing issues.

What went wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope?

After 31 years in space, the Hubble Space Telescope unexpectedly shut down on June 13 after suffering a problem that initially appeared to be the fault of an aging memory module. But the more NASA personnel tried to fix the issue, the more slippery it became.