Hubble Space Telescope moves to backup processor today

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Space is a good environment to preserve electronics that have been asleep for 18 years, NASA officials said Tuesday.

The Hubble Space Telescope could be back to full operations as early as Friday after being switched to a backup processor that has not been used or tested in the satellite’s 18-year mission.

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