{"id":4938,"date":"2022-01-21T01:24:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T01:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/21\/nasas-swift-gamma-ray-burst-observatory-is-in-safe-mode-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T01:24:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T01:24:22","slug":"nasas-swift-gamma-ray-burst-observatory-is-in-safe-mode-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/21\/nasas-swift-gamma-ray-burst-observatory-is-in-safe-mode-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA’s Swift gamma ray burst observatory is in safe mode \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NASA has put its orbiting Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory into safe mode due to a suspected faulty reaction wheel, the first time this type of failure has occurred in its 17 years of operation.<\/p>\n

NASA this week confirmed Swift was powered down on January 18. A team of scientists and engineers from Pennsylvania State University working at the Mission Operations Center (MOC) for Swift asked astronomers to hold off from requesting observation time as all science operations have temporarily halted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mission team is investigating a possible failure of one of the spacecraft’s reaction wheels as the cause,\u201d NASA said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cThe team has powered off the suspected wheel. The observatory and all its instruments are otherwise healthy and operating as anticipated. The observatory will remain in safe mode as a precaution while the team further investigates the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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