Finished Repair on Hubble

Today I learned that the Hubble was finished with its repair. Spacewalking astronauts completed repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope on Monday. This was leaving it more powerful than ever and able to see deeper into the cosmos. This is almost to the end of creation. The last humans to lay hands on Hubble outfitted the observatory. They were with another set of new batteries. They also had a new sensor for pointing and protective covers. That equipment along with other improvements made over the last five days should allow the telescope to make good views of the universe for another five to 10 years. This is a very important moment in human history. That's what Hubble senior project scientist David Leckrone said in Houston. He also said we will rewrite the textbooks at least one more time. It was the fifth and final spacewalk for the shuttle Atlantis crew. It was also the final visit by astronauts ever to Hubble. The spacewalk was going to finish. I am glad that nobody got hurt on this spacewalk because there was a lot of debris that could have made it very difficult and dangerous to repair the Hubble.

Repairing Hubble

Atlantis blasted off Monday for the Hubble Space Telescope on the most delicate and dangerous repair job ever in orbit. This is a mission so dangerous that for the first time a second shuttle stands ready to rescue the seven astronauts if something goes wrong. It will be the last visit to the aging observatory. The work will include five spacewalks in a high orbit strewn with space junk. The astronauts will try to fix equipment that was never designed to be fixed with in space. They will not have a choice of using the international space station as a safe harbor in a crisis. The improvements will extend the life of one of the space program's proudest achievements. I have full confidence that they'll pull off a success and if they do, we'll have a Hubble for at least five, six, eight years more. That's what Ed Weiler said. He is NASA's science mission chief. The crew will replace Hubble's batteries and gyroscopes. They will also install two cameras and try fixing two broken science instruments. Mission Control wasted no time informing the astronauts that an early look at the launch video had uncovered nothing of concern. Some debris was spotted coming off the fuel tank. There is nothing that appeared to strike Atlantis. This is all I found out and I think it's very interesting.

Hubble

The Hubble Space Telescope is about to get one last call. The risks have never been higher.
On Monday, astronauts will rocket away to the most famous telescope of modern times. They'll be taking up new scientific instruments. It is replacement parts for broken cameras and fresh batteries that should keep Hubble running for 5 to 10 years. This cosmic scale grand finale has stalled seven months by a telescope breakdown . It will be NASA's most daring mission yet of the 19 year old orbiting observatory. The observatory is very captivating. It also has twinkling jewel in the sky representing $10 billion of investment. It never happened before for spacewalking astronauts trying to fix dead science instruments on the Hubble. The equipment that was never meant to be handled in orbit. Before they've just traded out the whole thing at the telescope. Five spacewalks will be performed in as many days by two repair teams. Two of the repairmen have visited Hubble before. This is they were chosen for this difficult job on a par with operating room surgery. Hubble needs a hug. That's what the chief repairman said. He is John Grunsfeld. He will be making his third trip to the telescope. Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven will face danger from space junk. This is because of Hubble's high and littered orbit 350 miles up. They will need someone to come and get them fast if their ship gets serious damage during launch or later in flight. They will not have the luxury of camping out at the international space station while awaiting rescue. The space station will be in another orbit and impossible to reach.