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NASA has fired up the Hubble Space Telescope's backup payload computer to find that the spacecraft still has problems.
The primary payload computer halted on 13 June, ceasing collection of science data and tripping the veteran observatory into Safe Mode. Troubleshooting has continued ever since.
Last week NASA engineers decided to fire up the backup payload computer, which has not booted since its installation by the last Space Shuttle servicing mission, STS-125, in 2009.
Despite trying multiple combinations of hardware from both the primary and backup computers, engineers found the same error – commands to write to or read from memory failed.
www.theregister.com
The primary payload computer halted on 13 June, ceasing collection of science data and tripping the veteran observatory into Safe Mode. Troubleshooting has continued ever since.
Last week NASA engineers decided to fire up the backup payload computer, which has not booted since its installation by the last Space Shuttle servicing mission, STS-125, in 2009.
Despite trying multiple combinations of hardware from both the primary and backup computers, engineers found the same error – commands to write to or read from memory failed.
Hubble memory errors persist despite NASA booting long-idle backup payload computer
Different hardware, same problem
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