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On Monday, the space shuttle Atlantis lifted off on the fifth and final mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. The crew will add a new camera, replace the telescope's positioning gyroscopes, and make other changes. Since Hubble's launch in 1990, four crews have shuttled up to upgrade and make repairs on the orbiting observatory.
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| The telescope docked with the space shuttle Endeavor during the first repair mission in 1993. Here, astronaut Story Musgrave, attached to the shuttle's robotic arm, prepares to begin repairs. The first mission fixed a design flaw in the telescope's mirror that had distorted the data it sent back. |
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| Photo Credit: NASA |
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