Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer: Difference between revisions

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update on cooler problem (if we're lucky it's working again)
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ice particles to evaporate from the cooling system, the cooler once again
failed to restart. A successful restart at 13:30 EST on 16 December 2008
led to four days of cooler operations followed by another shutdown.[http://www.stsci.edu/hst/nicmos/localNews?display_type=allnewsItems/Nicmosncs_status_01232009] TheOn August 1, 2009, the cooler was restarted again.[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/news/HST_update_5Aug2009.html]
prospects for reviving NICMOS in 2009 remain uncertain.{{Fact|date=May 2009}}
 
NICMOS is also the name of the 256x256 pixel imaging sensor developed by [[Rockwell]] International Science Center (Now [[Teledyne]] Imaging Sensors)