The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Hubble Space Telescope has resumed observations after a faulty gyroscope, a device that helps the spacecraft determine orientation, was fixed. In a statement, NASA noted that engineers performed some tests to replace the faulty gyro with a spare device following a malfunction on Oct. 5.

The spacecraft was placed in safe mode by the crew when the first gyroscope turned on reported rates far higher than actual ones. Engineers tested the spare gyro in various return maneuvers and operating modes before activation. After the tests were successful, the telescope resumed science operations on Friday. Following the replacement, Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 recorded a distant, star-forming galaxy named "DSF2237B-1-IR" in infrared wavelengths.

Developed in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScl), NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been conducting space observations in orbit around the world since it was launched in 1990.