Blog:   The Astronomy Blog     Posted:   Tuesday 06th of February 2007 12:22 PM

The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) which produces the spectacular visible light images of deepsky objects, has failed. The ACS was installed in 2002 as part of the last shuttle service mission. It had dual power and data systems built in, but the first failed on 30 June 2006 and on 27 January 2007 [...]