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).

Singapore’s defence ministry has shed more light on the pitch rate gyroscope failure that resulted in the crash of a Lockheed Martin F-16 on 8 May. In a final update on the crash, during which the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope shines in a picture taken from the Space Shuttle Discovery during Hubble's second servicing mission in 1997. The elderly Hubble Space Telescope has been on a rollercoaster ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope drifts in space in 2009. The telescope again has suspended operations after entering safe mode because of an ongoing gyroscope issue, according to NASA officials. File ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s jewel of the skies, is temporarily out of service. On Friday, the telescope stood down from observing and put itself into “safe mode” after one of its gyroscopes, ...

Gyro-like devices are used for two different purposes in these spacecraft. One set, the gyroscopes, are used for sensing orientation. Run a gimballed gyroscope at constant speed, and the changes in ...

June 3 (UPI) --NASA's Hubble Space Telescope again has suspended operations after entering safe mode because of an ongoing gyroscope issue that has affected the craft for the past year, according to ...