[ATMoB-discuss] Hubble telescope

[David Aucoin]

Does that mean thaey are going to service it with a shuttle mission and 
spacewalks?


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> 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
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