Enlarge / Most of what you see here will be unfolded in the weeks to months after launch. (credit: Northrop Grumman ) There have been years of delays in construction and a few late slips in the launch schedule , with the particular latest being a short delay due to bad weather at the South […]
Enlarge / Hubble Space Telescope above Earth, photographed during STS-125, Servicing Mission 4, May 2009. (credit: NASA) Earlier this month, NASA announced that the scientific instruments aboard the Hubble Space Telescope had been left in safe mode after a series of problems with the timing signals that coordinate their activity. While NASA is still uncertain […]
The eVscope on its tripod outside of Shelbyville, Illinois. [credit: Eric Bangeman ] When you work with the world’s best space reporter, it’s hard not to be caught up in his enthusiasm for the starry skies. Unfortunately for me, light pollution in my Chicago suburb makes stargazing, watching the Perseid meteor showers, and checking out […]