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Hubble’s main camera stops working

30 January 2007

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Hubble's main camera, the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), before launch. ACS took over from the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 as Hubble's "workhorse" camera in 2002 during Servicing Mission 3B.

Credits: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.