NASA shuttle astronauts made five servicing calls to the Hubble Space Telescope between 1993-2009.
Credit: NASA
NASA is reconsidering proposals to service the Hubble Space Telescope, a flagship observatory in low Earth orbit with no propulsion system to counter atmospheric drag. Without a mission to boost its orbit, Hubble has a 10% chance of reentering the atmosphere by September 2032, and a 50% probability...
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