Making Hubble More Powerful

  • Released Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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The Hubble Space Telescope would not be able to produce its breathtaking science without the upgraded infrastructure targeted during the HST SM4 mission: Fine Guidance Sensor, Scientific Instrument Command and Data Handling, Soft Capture Mechanism, Batteries, and New Outer Blanket Layers. Along with all new cameras, scientific instruments, the Hubble telescope will work better than it ever has in its lifetime.

Description of improvements being made on the Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4.

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This page was originally published on Tuesday, May 12, 2009.
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  • HST SM4 Refurbish web feature (ID: 2009026)
    Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 4:00AM
    Produced by - Clay Anderson (NASA)

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