Keith’s note: At one point in the media question portion of the NASA/SpaceX/Polaris Dawn Hubble Reboost study briefing, there was a wet blanket media question about “rich people looking for […]
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Hubble's Problems Fixed
NASA Hubble Update: July 16, 2021 – NASA Successfully Switches to Backup Hardware on Hubble Space Telescope “NASA has successfully switched to backup hardware on the Hubble Space Telescope, including […]
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Hubble Is Still A Badass Telescope
WRT #Hubble issues: just because there’s little news from @NASA does not mean that all hope is lost. It is an old spacecraft and there are still many options that […]
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What Hubble Photo Is This? (Update)
Keith’s 9 March note: Let’s see how many of you pay close attention to all of the photos that NASA releases from Hubble – there have been so many over […]
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Hubble Is Working Again
The Hubble Space TelescopeUnlocking the Secrets of the UniverseDaily Report #8140 Period Covered: 08:00 PM October 26, 2018 – 07:59 PM October 27, 2018 (DOY 300/0000z – 300/2359z) pic.twitter.com/B3jCyPlY9c — […]
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Hubble Is Getting Back To Normal
Hubble Moving Closer to Normal Science Operations “NASA took great strides last week to press into service a Hubble Space Telescope backup gyroscope (gyro) that was incorrectly returning extremely high […]
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Hubble Space Telescope Is In Safe Mode After Gyro Failure (Update)
Hubble Is In Safe Mode As Gyroscope Issues Are Diagnosed, NASA “The gyro that failed had been exhibiting end-of-life behavior for approximately a year, and its failure was not unexpected; […]
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A NASA Spinoff That No One Seems To Have Noticed
Hubble Contact Lenses “Go to your exam, try out Hubble contacts, and get your prescription.” Hubble Servicing Mission 1, NASA “After Hubble’s deployment in 1990, scientist realized that the telescope’s […]
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Potential Education And Public Outreach – On Steroids
Making 3D Images With Hubble and Webb Space Telescopes “The two most powerful optical/IR telescopes in history — NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes — will be in space […]
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Re-Thinking The Large Space Project Paradigm
What can Space Resources do for Astronomy and Planetary Science?, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics “The rapid cost growth of flagship space missions has created a crisis for astronomy and planetary […]