Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Hubble telescope repair mission: spectacular space views


 
Atlantis astronauts Michael Good, Mike Massimino, John Grunsfeld and Andrew Gregory C. Johnson, Scott Altman and Megan McArthur carried out five back-to-back spacewalks to fix and upgrade the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, adding five to 10 years to Hubble's the observatory's lifetime. Scientists hope to begin showing the results by early September.

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