Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Science News

NASA makes repair to Hubble Space Telescope

Oct. 24, 2008
The aging telescope could resume taking pictures and transmitting data as early as Saturday. The ailing Hubble Space Telescope could be snapping pictures of the heavens again as early as Saturday after engineers fixed one of the problems that has largely shut down the instrument for the last...
Related Stories from UPI.com

Hubble servicing mission launch date set

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency has set May 12 as the target launch date for space shuttle Atlantis' mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
Hubble spots a star-circling planet

Hubble spots a star-circling planet

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star.
Sunshield created for the Webb telescope

Sunshield created for the Webb telescope

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created a sunshield for the James Webb Space Telescope that can withstand severe cold and heat, radiation and meteorite impacts.
Infrared Aurora discovered on Saturn

Infrared Aurora discovered on Saturn

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency's Cassini spacecraft has detected an aurora that lights Saturn's polar cap unlike any other planetary aurora known in our solar system.

Worldwide virtual party planned for NASA

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says schools around the world will help it celebrate its 50th birthday next week by holding a virtual party.
Hubble servicing mission is delayed

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.

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News

Hubble Space Telescope: Working again … Study seeks to solve tamoxifen resistance … Phoenix unexpectedly enters safe mode … Fat cells might aid heart attack therapy ... Health/Science news from UPI.
Hubble Space Telescope: Working again

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.

NASA reselects Goddard contractor

GREENBELT, Md., Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency has selected ASRC Research and Technology Solutions of Greenbelt, Md., to provide support services at the Goddard Space Flight Center.

NASA restarts Hubble telescope

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. space officials reactivated the Hubble space telescope's instrument panel Thursday in an effort to get the telescope transmitting again.
Atlantis completes rollback trip

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.

NASA hikes tech contract value

GREEN BAY, Md., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has increased the ordering value of a contract with Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. of Greenbelt, Md.
First gamma-ray-only pulsar is discovered

First gamma-ray-only pulsar is discovered

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered the first gamma-ray-only pulsar.
Space shuttle Atlantis ready for rollback

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.

NASA awards space network contract

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency has awarded a $1.2 billion contract to the ITT Corp. to support its Space and Near Earth Communications Network.
1 of 28
Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler