[ATMoB-discuss] Hubble telescope

[mmotta at massmed.org]

Yes, Next May, 2007
Mario

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:47:33 -0500, "David Aucoin"
wrote:

> 
> Does that mean thaey are going to service it with a
> shuttle mission and 
> spacewalks?
> 
> 
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> Subject: [ATMoB-discuss] Hubble telescope
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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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