The Last Mission to Hubble
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 is the last time humans will visit Hubble. NASA's scientists, engineers and astronauts are working together to make Hubble better than it has been before. See what NASA has planned for this last mission to Hubble; from new science instruments, to two challenging and never-done-before instrument repairs, and numerous upgrades.
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ACS Aerospace Airlock Astronaut Astrophysics Atlantis Batteries Cargo Bay Carriers Cleanroom COS Edited Feature Engineers Flight Support System FSIPE Goddard Space Flight Center HDTV HST Hubble Space Telescope MULE Narrated ORUC Servicing Mission 4 Shuttle Bay SLIC SM4 Space Shuttle Spacecraft STIS Testing WFC3 WSIPE
Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Bob Sauls (Frassanito and Associates)
- Dana Berry (Skyworks Digital)
- Jake Dean (Aloe Design Studios)
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Writer
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Producer
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Videographers
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Tatyana N. Pokrovskaya (HTSI)
Missions
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HST
ID: 655Wide-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.
This dataset can be found at: http://www.stsci.edu/hst/wfpc2/wfpc2_diag.html
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ID: 13160 Produced Video
Hubble Archive - Servicing Mission 4, STS-125
Read moreHubble's fifth and final servicing mission, Servicing Mission 4, launched on May 11, 2009 on Space Shuttle Atlantis as part of the STS-125 mission.During SM4, two new scientific instruments were installed – the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Two failed instruments, the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), were brought back to life by the first ever on-orbit repairs. With these efforts, Hubble has been brought to the apex of its scientific capabilities. To prolong Hubble's life, new batteries, new gyroscopes, a new science computer, a refurbished fine guidance sensor and new insulation on three electronics bays were also installed over the 12-day mission with five spacewalks. ||
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