The Hubble Space Telescope is a masterwork of engineering and human ingenuity. Hubble is comparable in size and weight to a large school bus, but its contributions to science and astronomy could fill ...

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The history of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is dominated by the familiar sharp images and amazing discoveries that have had an unprecedented scientific impact on our view of the world and our ...

Space Private mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope raises concerns, NASA emails show When a private space traveler said he wanted to take a SpaceX capsule on a mission to improve the aging ...

The space shuttle Discovery headed to the pad yesterday for its last trip into space. The 26-year-old craft has seen a lot in its career, some good, some bad, some odd. Here are five highlights: 5.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed at least a month, until the fall, because of extra time needed to build the shuttle fuel tanks needed for the ...

Local aerospace companies across the Washington region will perform much of the work on NASA’s latest Hubble Space Telescope repair mission. NASA officials announced Tuesday that the federal agency ...

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. On 7 March 2002 astronauts installed the ACS during Hubble Servicing Mission 3B, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA's final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed at least a month, until the fall, because of extra time needed to build the shuttle fuel tanks needed for the flight ...

NASA will send a space shuttle and seven astronauts to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope as soon as May 2008, overturning an earlier decision that the complex mission posed too much of a ...