[ATMoB-discuss] Hubble telescope

[mmotta at massmed.org]

To all,
  Just got this from Al Holm who works at the Hubble
center in Maryland. The decision has been made to
service (and thus save) The Hubble Space telescope.
Mario

From:    	Albert Holm <holm at stsci.edu>
	

Subject:   	[AAVSO-DIS] Hubble Space Telescope
servicing decision

I am happy to say that NASA Administrator Michael
Griffin has just  
announced that a Shuttle will be used to service the
Hubble. The plan  
is to use Discovery in May 2008 for the task of
replacing gyroscopes  
and batteries, installing the Cosmic Origins
Spectrograph, the Wide- 
Field Camera 3, and a refurbished Fine Guidance Sensor,
and possibly  
repairing the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph.

Al