Herschel has lost HIFI (temporarily)

[sheeny]

The power supply to the HIFI instrument on Herschel space telescope has been damaged. It is currently shutdown till the cause has been identified. There is a backup power supply, however, so HIFI should be back when they sort out the cause. More from Nature:

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090914/full/news.2009.911.html

Al.

[astroron]

Fingers crossed for a full recovery:prey::prey::prey:

[renormalised]

Let's hope they can fix it.

[stephenb]

That is a blow to the mission, sure hope they can nut it out.