Trying to avoid Hubble trouble

NASA is planning to launch an emergency repair mission this October to replace gyroscopes on the Hubble Space Telescope before it loses its ability to focus on celestial targets.

References:

1999. NASA plans an early servicing mission to Hubble Space Telescope. NASA Press Release. March 10.

Sources:

Edward J. Weiler
NASA Headquarters
HST and SIRTF Program
Mailstop Code SA
Washington, DC 20546

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 13, March 27, 1999, p. 203. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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