GALEX Status Updates
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GALEX Announcement: GALEXFest Conference at Huntington Library, Sep. 4-7, 2012
Astronomers will gather at the historic Huntington Library and Gardens in Pasadena, California on September 4th through 7th, 2012 to celebrate over nine years of UV exploration with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
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GALEX Status Update: Space Telescope Moves on with One Detector
Mission engineers and scientists with NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, a space telescope that has been beaming back pictures of galaxies for three times its design lifespan, are no longer planning science observations around one of its two ultraviolet detectors.
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GALEX Status Update: December 2, 2009
Engineers and scientists have several laboratory activities underway that are expected to aid in recoveringthe far-ultraviolet instrument on NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
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GALEX Status Update: August 21, 2009
Engineers and scientists are continuing to work on the recovery of the far-ultraviolet instrument on NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
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GALEX Status Update: July 9, 2009
Engineers and scientists are continuing the recovery procedure for the far-ultraviolet instrument on NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. On May 29, the instrument experienced an overcurrent condition and shut down.
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GALEX Status Update: Jun. 9, 2009
On May 29, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer's far-ultraviolet instrument reported an overcurrent condition and shut down. The project reviewed data from the incident and confirmed it had the same characteristics as three previous incidents occurring in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
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GALEX Status Update: Jul. 1, 2008
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer resumed nominal operations today, completing recovery from its June 13 shutdown, caused by an anomaly with the satellite's instrument processor.
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GALEX Status Update: Jun. 27, 2008
Engineers and scientists with NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer are making progress determining the cause of a problem with the spacecraft's instrument processor, and the spacecraft may be fully operational by next week.
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GALEX Status Update: Jun. 19, 2008
Engineers and scientists with NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer are trying to pinpoint the cause of an anomaly with the satellite's instrument processor, which has prevented the science instrument from operating since June 13.
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GALEX Status Update: Dec. 20, 2007
The process to restore the far-ultraviolet detector on the Galaxy Evolution Explorer has been successfully completed, and the instrument resumed full, normal operations on December 17.
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GALEX Status Update: Nov. 27, 2007
The far-ultraviolet detector on the Galaxy Evolution Explorer experienced an overcurrent condition on Saturday Nov. 17, and was shut off by the instrument's on-board fault protection. The on-board near-ultraviolet detector continues to operate normally.
