# Brief Fornax Downtime: Saturday, Oct. 17, 2 PM EDT

**URL:** <https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/brief-fornax-downtime-saturday-oct-17-2-pm-edt/1586>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [October 16, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/brief-fornax-downtime-saturday-oct-17-2-pm-edt/1586 "2026-10-16T18:07:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/brief-fornax-downtime-saturday-oct-17-2-pm-edt/1586/1 "2026-10-16T18:07:10Z")

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The Fornax Science Console will be down for scheduled maintenance on:

Saturday, Oct. 17  
2:00 PM EDT  
approx. 30 minutes

Please log off prior to then, as user sessions will be disrupted. Check back after 2:30 PM EDT. We apologize for any inconvenience.