NEWS ARCHIVE

NASA’s Clean Room: Last Stop for New Hubble Hardware (04.16.2008)
Before new Hubble components are ready for launch and installation, they must spend time in a clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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New Hubble Parts Endure Environmental Tests (03.13.2008)
To prepare for Servicing Mission 4, new Hubble components must endure harsh tests at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Hubble's Ground-Based Guidance (02.21.2008)
The Hubble would not be able to do what it does without the help of a small group of dedicated engineers and technicians at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Out-of-This-World Tools for Hubble Tasks (01.24.2008)
A team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center designs and builds the special tools and aids astronauts need when they service the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Hubble -- A Year in Review (01.10.2008)
Read about important Hubble milestones in 2007 and what's in store for the telescope in 2008.
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NASA Announces Details of Hubble Servicing Mission (01.08.2008)
NASA scientists and a space shuttle astronaut outlined details of a mission that will repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Custom Blankets for the Hubble Space Telescope (12.17.2007)
One of Servicing Mission 4's many objectives is the refurbishment of Hubble's outer thermal blankets.
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Goddard Engineers and Divers Multi-Task for Hubble (11.16.2007)
Ever wonder how NASA astronauts prepare for Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions?
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New Science Instruments for Hubble (10.15.2007)
Astronauts will install two new Hubble instruments during the final shuttle servicing mission in August 2008.
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Our Journey Back to Hubble (09.21.2007)
Since its launch in April 1990, the Hubble continues to excite astronomers around the world with its discoveries.
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Astronauts train at Goddard for SM4 (09.19.2007)
The astronauts were at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Sep. 10-14 for hands-on training and daily briefings in preparation for next year’s Shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Launch Date for SM4 (08.07.2007)
The launch date for the Space Shuttle Atlantis for the final servicing mission to the Hubble is targeted for August 7, 2008.
 

Goddard Engineers Provide Training for Hubble Astronauts (01.13.2007)
Astronauts selected for the next space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope are at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., this week for their first formal crew orientation.
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NASA Approves Mission and Names Crew for Return to Hubble (10.31.2006)
Administrator Michael Griffin’s decision on October 31, 2006 to fly servicing mission SM4 in early-2008 will bring unique capabilities to Hubble in the form of two new science instruments, Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and Wide Field Camera 3. New gyros and batteries will extend Hubble's life to at least 2013. Also announced are the astronauts selected for the SM4 mission.
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