The James Webb Space Telescope has finally recovered from nearly two weeks of technical trouble. The new generation space telescope, which fascinated scientists with its discoveries, started to have problems on December 7. NASA said on Wednesday that the problem was “caused by a software error triggered in the systems.”
The error caused the telescope to go into safe mode. This allows the telescope to protect itself by shutting down unnecessary systems while the team fixes the problem.
However, this issue did not completely stop JWST from working. “This event resulted in several pauses in science operations lasting several days during this time,” NASA said. After the systems readjusted, Webb was back to full performance as of December 20.
Such problems are considered normal for almost all complex space missions. The Hubble Space Telescope, for example, has repeatedly encountered technical problems during its more than three decades of service and has always managed to get rid of them.
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