Last roll-up for the solar panels
A closer look at the Solar Panels while being rolled up during SM3B
View ArticleHubble Space Telescope sporting new solar arrays during SM3B
STS109-E-5700 (9 March 2002) - The Hubble Space Telescope, sporting new solar arrays and other important but less visible new hardware, begins its separation from the Space Shuttle Columbia. The...
View ArticleThe Hubble Space Telescope in orbit
This image shows an artist's impression of the ESA/NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in its orbit 600 km above the Earth.
View ArticleHubble Space Telescope Begins "Two-Gyro" Science Operations
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope entered a new era of science operations this week, when engineers shut down one of the three operational Gyroscopes aboard the observatory. The two-gyro mode is expected...
View ArticleHubble enters safe mode
At approximately 02:00 (CEST) on Sunday September 28, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope automatically entered safe mode when errors were detected in the Control Unit/Science Data Formatter-Side A....
View ArticleRestoring Hubble to health
At a teleconference on 14 October 2008, NASA officials revealed the timeline for restoring the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to operational status following its entry into safe mode three weeks...
View ArticleBringing Hubble out of safe mode
The process of restoring the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to full science operations is proceeding smoothly according to ground control teams.By about 15:30 CEST on 15 October, the control commands...
View ArticleGreen light for Hubble operations
Following a week of thorough investigations as a result of two anomalies observed last week, NASA, on 23 October 2008, approved the resumption of activities to bring the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...
View ArticleSM4: Hubble Space Telescope just before astronauts released it
S125-E-011766 (19 May 2009) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis' remote manipulator system arm lifts the Hubble Space Telescope from the cargo bay and is moments away from releasing the orbital observatory...
View ArticleSM4: Grunsfeld works on Hubble
Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, is about to attach a tether during a May 16 spacewalk to perform work on the Hubble Space Telescope.
View ArticleSM4: Astronaut Michael Good and the night sky
With a mostly dark home planet behind him, astronaut Michael Good, STS-125 mission specialist, rides Atlantis' remote manipulator system arm to the exact position he needs to be to continue work on the...
View ArticleSM4: Grunsfeld and Feustel work on Hubble
Astronauts Andrew Feustel (left) and John Grunsfeld, both STS-125 mission specialists, participate in the mission's third session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues to refurbish and...
View ArticleFinal release over Earth (2009)
Hubble drifts over Earth after its release on 19 May 2009 by the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The crew had performed all planned tasks over the course of five spacewalks, making the Servicing...
View ArticleScreenshot of Hubblecast 41
Watch the Hubblecast 41 on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/hubblecast41a/
View ArticleHubble with spectra from the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
This image of Hubble is made up of a mosaic of over 47 000 unique slitless spectra, which have been processed and studied at the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF). They represent...
View ArticleHubble with spectra from the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
This image of Hubble is set against a background of hundreds of unique slitless spectra obtained by Hubble. The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF) was heavily involved in the...
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