Final HST repair mission in APOD and will it ever be recovered?

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Final HST repair mission in APOD and will it ever be recovered?

Socrates II — 5/20/2009 1:26:12 PM (archived)

You think there will be one more mission to HST to bring it home?
Or will they let it burn up? Or maybe give it to the highest bidder?

Above Earth, Fixing Hubble

Credit: STS-125 Crew, NASA

Explanation: What is that astronaut doing? Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope. During the fourth servicing mission to upgrade and fix Hubble, astronaut Michael Good can be seen attached to the shuttle's robotic arm, working in an open panel of Hubble. Far below, the terminator between day and night can be seen across planet Earth.

Since Hubble was captured by the space shuttle Atlantis last
Wednesday, five long space-walks have been used to fix and upgrade the aging telescope. One of the more ambitious orbital missions yet taken, the toiling astronauts have upgraded the Wide Field Camera, fixed the Advanced Camera for Surveys, repaired the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, and replaced COSTAR with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. Numerous other general repairs included replacing batteries, gyroscopic sensors, and insulation panels. Hubble will now undergo testing as Atlantis prepares to return to Earth later this week.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090520.html

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I'm gathering that most if not all of Hubble's repairs-remodels will get done? - Bowser - 5/18/2009 3:38:28 PM
- Can and will Hubble be used to track and characterize NEOs - E.P. - 5/18/2009 6:55:14 PM
  - You don't shoot quail with a 14" naval gun - Nick Hoffman - 5/20/2009 2:52:53 AM
    - It would be fun to try it, though. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/27/2009 10:07:10 AM
    - re: You don't shoot quail with a 14" naval gun - Marsbug - 5/21/2009 6:40:19 AM
      - In WWII... - Nick Hoffman - 5/22/2009 12:43:35 AM
  - How about Herschel? - Raoul - 5/18/2009 7:34:40 PM
    - Perhaps... - E.P. - 5/19/2009 8:10:43 PM
- Hail CANADARM!!!! - carl - 5/18/2009 6:28:14 PM
  - re: Hail CANADARM!!!! - No doubt. Kudos to Canada! :) (n/t) - Marcia - 5/18/2009 9:15:30 PM
    - re: Hail CANADARM!!!! - No doubt. Kudos to Canada! :) - john - 5/30/2009 8:40:14 PM
    - re: Hail CANADARM!!!! - No doubt. Kudos to Canada! :) - Marcia - 5/27/2009 3:35:37 AM
- Hail CANADARM!!!! - carl - 5/18/2009 6:28:10 PM
- Spacerwalking ! - Raoul - 5/18/2009 5:23:55 PM
  - They're finished, and NASA hasn't said anything was left out. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/18/2009 5:40:43 PM
    - Last moments ! - Raoul - 5/18/2009 7:12:10 PM
      - They Posed for a Pic - carl - 5/18/2009 8:07:21 PM
        
        re: They Posed for a Pic. - Those were the last men to use a shuttle's airlock. - Marcia - 5/18/2009 9:10:47 PM
        
        Honestly, I think Q-Public should be thanked too: - Marcia - 5/18/2009 9:24:45 PM
        
        I hope former NASA Administration O'Keefe was watching - Socrates II - 5/19/2009 1:03:30 PM
        
        re: I hope former NASA Administration O'Keefe was watching. - I hope so too! Also, you know what that is about robotics: - Marcia - 5/20/2009 11:17:36 PM
        
        Say it with me - Socrates II - 5/21/2009 1:23:07 PM
        
        re: Say it with me. - Sure, but... - Marcia - 5/27/2009 3:30:30 AM
        
        Was it worth it?...Given a regular shuttle mission cost $500M this probably cost $800M - Sawyer - 5/21/2009 1:10:18 AM
        
        re: Was it worth it? - Given the fact that we didn't have to use that second shuttle, et al... absolutely. - Marcia - 5/21/2009 1:25:49 AM
        
        Final HST repair mission in APOD and will it ever be recovered? - Socrates II - 5/20/2009 1:26:12 PM
        
        re: Final HST repair mission in APOD and will it ever be recovered? - Marcia - 5/21/2009 12:50:42 AM
        
        During every repair mission, parts of the HST have been recovered - Raoul - 5/21/2009 3:44:36 PM
        
        re: During every repair mission, parts of the HST have been recovered - Marcia - 5/27/2009 4:18:37 AM
        
        A full-scale replica is already in the Smithsonian NASM - Socrates II - 5/21/2009 6:19:57 PM

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