Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions
Frank Cepollina of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center gives a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum lecture on the five Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions.
Key moments
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1990 situation: blurred mirror and a $1.6 billion telescope
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First servicing mission: broken solar array bistem seen
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Solar Max repair in 1984 shows Shuttle servicing works
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COSTAR corrective optics explained
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Second servicing mission: STIS and NICMOS
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Missions 3A and 3B: gyros, power control unit, new solar arrays
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Mission 4: five EVA days and instrument surgery
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Massimino breaks off the STIS handrail
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Social impact: photolithography, mammography, surgical robotics
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Proposal for a 1,000-inch telescope
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Q&A: how long will Hubble last?
Key facts
| Vehicle | Hubble Space Telescope, Space Shuttle |
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| Mission name | Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions |
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May 2015
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Fixing Hubble: Cepollina on Five Servicing Missions and COSTAR
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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