Astronauts trying to bring device back from dead

Astronauts trying to bring device back from dead

Atlantis' astronauts suited up Sunday for their second in-orbit repair of a dead science instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope in as many days. This time, Michael Massimino and Michael Good were going to venture out of space shuttle Atlantis to try to fix a long-dead spectrograph. The day befo

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Rescue Shuttle ready for lift off for Hubble Space Telescope

Rescue Shuttle ready for lift off for Hubble Space Telescope

Cape Canaveral (FL) - The space shuttle Endeavour is sitting on its launch pad, ready for a rescue mission NASA hopes won't be needed. The shuttle's sister craft, Atlantis, is scheduled to launch later today on a flight to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. While there are but

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