NASA ANNOUNCES A SHUTTLE MISSION TO SERVICE THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE
NASA announced plans for a shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during a closed briefing at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland on October 31, 2006. The shuttle mission, SM4, is planned for May 2008 with the main goal of servicing the Hubble by installing new equipment, batteries and gyros, in order to keep it operational through 2013. (UPI PHOTO/NASA)
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