The Hubble Space Telescope should be back in action soon, following a tricky, remote repair job by NASACAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Hubble Space Telescope should be back in action soon, following a tricky, remote repair job by NASA. Engineers successfully switched to the backup equipment Thursday, and the crucial payload computer kicked in. NASA launched five repair missions to the telescope during the space shuttle program. NASA plans to launch Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, by year's end. ———The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education.

Source: ABC News July 16, 2021 14:37 UTC