WIDE ANGLE: Extreme Tools to Fix the Hubble Space Telescope

By Tracy Staedter
 
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All of the improvements to the Hubble Space Telescope during this last mission will add about five extra years to its life. But after the telescope has done it's job, a robotic spacecraft will capture the giant scope and send it out of orbit to fall toward the Pacific Ocean.

 
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