Hubble, the ISS, and Chandra: NASA's aging hardware reveal a bigger problem - Inverse

In cases like a rover or a space telescope, it might not be a big deal. But losing the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter or International Space Station leaves more at stake.

On February 9, NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory unexpectedly went into safe mode, the result of a glitch with the power supply systems for its High Resolution Camera that sent engineers scrambling t… [+9125 chars]

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