Universe ID: 10439

Senator Mikulski Celebrates Hubble Success

Released on May 18, 2009

The Hubble Space Telescope has been with us for nearly two decades. In that time, its breathtaking images have captured peoples imaginations and its groundbreaking science has revealed some of the many secrets of our universe.

After five spacewalks by the STS-125 mission to repair Hubble, commander Scott "Scooter" Altman confirmed a successful release of the Hubble telescope from the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Shortly after the deploy, Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski visited controllers in Goddard's Space Telescope Operations Control Center. Mikulski, who praised the Hubble team for their hard work and dedication during this mission.

For more info: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2009/hubble_deploy.html

For More Information

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2009/hubble_deploy.html

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Victoria Weeks (HTSI): Video Editor
Michael McClare (HTSI): Producer
Michael McClare (HTSI): Videographer
Chris Smith (UMBC): Videographer
Jamal Smith (HTSI): Videographer

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Data Used:

HST/WFPC2

Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) was installed in Dec 1993 and used to obtain high resolution images of astronomical objects. This camera was removed in the last servicing mission so it is no longer in service.

http://www.stsci.edu/hst/wfpc2/wfpc2_diag.html

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