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Monday May 18, 2009 10:25 am
Astronauts Repair Hubble Telescope
While we were all leading our mundane lives the past week, astronauts John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel spent 7 hours installing a new camera on the Hubble Telescope. This cam replaces one that was built in the 90s and is sensitive to infrared and ultraviolet light as well as the human eye’s wavelengths. As we have previously mentioned, this is NASA’s final trek that over an eleven day period includes replacing a key computer.
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Well thanks to John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel that Hubble is getting a new life for its final journey. Recently, gyroscopes were added to help its orientation. I keep track all the latest updates about Hubble on http://www.trackle.com/catalog/news Eagerly awaiting more news about Hubble.
Cheers
George
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Usefull, very usefull information. I need to show it to my brother, he looked for information about it
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