NASA to Update Status of Hubble Space Telescope on Press Conference

NASA announced that the Hubble Space Telescope team will give a status update on the operations of the observatory through a press conference on June 4.

The conference will be hosted by Mark Clampin, director of the Astrophysics Division and Science Mission Directorate for NASA Headquarters, and Patrick Crouse, Hubble's project manager for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

NASA Invites Media for Hubble Space Telescope Press Conference

In a press release, NASA shared the details for the upcoming press conference. According to the agency, "NASA anticipates Hubble will continue making discoveries, working with other observatories such as the agency's James Webb Space Telescope, throughout this decade and into the next."

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space in 1990 to observe and discover various phenomena in space. The telescope has been gathering significant data for more than three decades.

The teleconference will be streamed on NASA TV live. The channel offers free-to-air broadcasts on various activities of the agency such as spacewalks, launches, and mission events.

NASA Reveals Hubble is in Safe Mode

Last month, the space agency revealed that the Hubble is currently in its safe mode since May 24. NASA disclosed a gyroscope issue which resulted in the temporary suspension of its science operations.

According to the report, the telescope automatically entered safe mode after one of its gyroscopes was detected to be faulty. Regardless, NASA assured the public that Hubble's instruments are still stable and the telescope is in overall good condition.

NASA announced then that more information would be given during the first week of June. This means that the upcoming conference will finally give some answers about the situation and the future of the Hubble telescope.