Hubble device fails; shuttle launch delayed

Sep. 30, 2008

A repair mission set for Oct. 14 is postponed after an instrument breaks on the aging space telescope. An instrument that stores and transmits science data back to Earth has broken down on the Hubble Space Telescope, forcing NASA on Monday to postpone a long-scheduled repair mission to the ailing, 18-year-old telescope.

NASA announces Endeavour pre-launch events

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency has announced a series of events leading up to the Nov. 14 Kennedy Space Center launch of space shuttle Endeavour.

Hubble servicing mission is delayed

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Space Agency says it will not meet a February 2009 launch date for the fifth and final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble Space Telescope: Working again

BALTIMORE, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency's Hubble Space Telescope is back in operation after malfunctioning last month.

Atlantis completes rollback trip

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency Monday completed the "rollback" of space shuttle Atlantis from its Kennedy Space Center launch pad to the Vehicle Assembly Building.

Space shuttle Atlantis ready for rollback

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says space shuttle Atlantis is ready to be moved from Launch Pad 39A to the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building.

Hubble problem creates shuttle delay

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The Hubble space telescope developed a problem storing and transmitting data during the weekend, delaying the next U.S. space shuttle launch, NASA said Monday.

NASA announces revised launch dates

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency announced a revised launch date for the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.

Two space shuttles at their launch pads

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency, for the first time since July 2001, has two space shuttles on launch pads at the same time at the Kennedy Space Center.

Endeavor readied for potential rescue duty

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- NASA officials say they have moved the space shuttle Endeavor onto a Florida launch pad in case it's needed for a space rescue mission.

Endeavour moved to launch pad

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The space shuttle Endeavour was moved to a launch pad Friday as an emergency precaution, U.S. space officials said.

Endeavour's move to launch pad set

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it will move space shuttle Endeavour to a Kennedy Space Center launch pad to act as a safety stand-by for space shuttle Atlantis.

NASA adjusts launch dates

HOUSTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. space officials moved the target launch date for the Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Hubble Space Telescope back two days to Oct. 10.

Space shuttle to move to its launch pad

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency is planning the first liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A since it was damaged during a May launch.

Hubble telescope completes 100,000 orbits

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The Hubble space telescope's 100,000th orbit Monday was marked by U.S. astronomers who took a picture of a "dazzling" region of the universe.

NASA sets remaining space shuttle launches

HOUSTON, July 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it's selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions for 2009 and 2010.