The Hubble WFC3 instrument has stopped working

[glappkaeft]

Not much known yet, NASA is assembling a team to look into it. The Wide Field Camera 3 is the camera used for most off the "pretty pictures".

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/wide-field-camera-3-anomaly-on-hubble-space-telescope

 

[Tom.G]

I don't recall the exact source, but they reported an electronics hardware failure was suspected. There is a backup electronics section but they want to pinpoint what happened before switching over... caution first!

 

[glappkaeft]

Things are looking up. NASA has reset the offending circuits and the first tests suggests that it is working now.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/wide-field-camera-3-anomaly-on-hubble-space-telescope