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Astronauts prepare for second Hubble spacewalk Houston, Texas (AFP) May 15, 2009 
Astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis are set to perform the second of five spacewalks on Friday to carry out vital work on the Hubble telescope. Spacewalkers John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel upgraded the telescope for the first time in seven years on Thursday, equipping the 19-year-old stargazer with a powerful new camera and science computer during a seven-hour outing. On Friday at 121 ... read more
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Spacewalkers equip Hubble with new computer
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 14, 2009Spacewalking astronauts upgraded the Hubble telescope for the first time in seven years on Thursday, equipping the 19-year-old stargazer with a powerful new camera and science computer. The outing by John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel, members of the seven-strong space shuttle Atlantis crew, marked the first of five daily spacewalks by the astronauts. The refurbishments are intended to exte ... more Spacewalkers install new Hubble camera 
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 14, 2009Spacewalking astronauts equipped the Hubble Space Telescope with the first of two new science instruments Thursday, launching the first overhaul of the 19-year-old observatory in seven years. John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel floated from the airlock of the shuttle Atlantis at 8:52 am (1252 GMT) to begin a spacewalk expected to span six to seven hours with a burst of enthusiasm. ... more Atlantis astronauts set for first Hubble fix-it spacewalk 
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 14, 2009Astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis prepared Thursday for an ambitious spacewalk to overhaul the Hubble space telescope and extend its working life. The spacewalks follow an operation Wednesday during which Atlantis astronauts plucked Hubble from orbit, maneuvering it into the cargo bay of the shuttle. John Grunsfeld, 50, will lead the first of five spacewalks Thursday at 1216 ... more Atlantis astronauts capture Hubble on fix-it mission 
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 13, 2009Astronauts plucked the high-flying Hubble Space Telescope from orbit Wednesday, maneuvering it into the bay of the shuttle Atlantis for an ambitious spacewalking overhaul. Astronaut Megan McArthur grappled the 13.2-meter long telescope with the shuttle's robot arm at 1714 GMT, after Atlantis commander Scott Altman maneuvered his spacecraft within 10 meters (35 feet) of the scientific icon. ... more Chinese space debris passes shuttle uneventfully: NASA 
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 13, 2009A small piece of debris from China's 2007 anti-satellite test passed by the space shuttle Atlantis, but not close enough to require an evasive maneuver, NASA said Wednesday. "No action was required," said Pat Ryan, a US space agency spokesman in Mission Control. The 10-centimeter-long (four-inch) object, which was being tracked by the Pentagon, was projected to pass within three kilomete ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 11, 2009Although its peak is still four years away, a new active period of Earth-threatening solar storms will be the weakest since 1928, predicts an international panel of experts led by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center and funded by NASA. Despite the prediction, Earth is still vulnerable to a severe solar storm. Solar storms are eruptions of energy and matter that escape from the sun and ... more The Crowded Universe 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 12, 2009Planets, planets everywhere. Many have been detected in our cosmic neighborhood, but none of them resemble our own. One planet guru thinks that is about to change. He argues in his new book that we are on the verge of uncovering a universe crowded with Earths. Alan Boss, a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, is well-known for his work on theories of planet formati ... more Hubble To Be Upgraded With e2v CCD Imaging Sensors 
Chelmsford, UK (SPX) May 12, 2009On May 11, 2009 e2v Charge Coupled Device (CCD) imaging sensors were launched into space by NASA, on board the space shuttle Atlantis, as part of a mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope. e2v CCD imaging sensors will equip Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), a new instrument that will be installed on Hubble to take large-scale, extremely clear and detailed pictures of the univers ... more Hubble's WFPC2 Takes Final Photographs Of A Planetary Nebula 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 11, 2009The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical camera, which was developed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., a planetary nebula has been imaged as the camera's final "pretty picture." This planetary nebula is known as Ko ... more |
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Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 11, 2009Scientists and engineers now creating new technologies for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, have realized they can be used to enhance the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in the upcoming servicing mission. One piece of new technology astronauts will be installing in Hubble during Servicing Mission 4 in May, 2009 is a small, specialized integrated circuit called an Application ... more Hubble To Get First Battery Replacement In 19 Years
Detroit MI (SPX) May 08, 2009EaglePicher Technologies has been one of NASA's most trusted suppliers since America's early days in Space-from powering launches, to helping astronomers see deeper into the unknown-its technology is relied on time and time again. A great example of the company's proven reliability is the Hubble Space Telescope, which has been powered by EaglePicher's nickel hydrogen batteries since its la ... more Jeffrey Hoffman On Fixing The Hubble Space Telescope 
Boston MA (SPX) May 07, 2009"3 Questions" gives members of the community the opportunity to sound off on current events in their field of expertise. Jeffrey Hoffman, professor of the practice in MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is a former space shuttle astronaut whose five flights included the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission in 1993. He offered his thoughts on what the next repair cre ... more Outer Space Oreos 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 08, 2009Outer space is known to be unfriendly to biology, but it has been hard to determine just how long it takes for life and life-related compounds to be negatively affected. A new research project plans to monitor samples of organic compounds and living organisms as they orbit the Earth in a small satellite. The hope is that this will give astrobiology researchers vital data about chemical evo ... more
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