News on Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble, Spitzer and James Webb Space Telescopes

2010-11-29T14:53:48Z

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Space Shuttle Atlantis

2010-11-30T13:56:06Z

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Shuttle Launch

2010-11-30T13:55:59Z

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The effects of the Hubble space telescope on space exploration, and our understanding of space

2010-11-29T15:49:46Z

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Overview of the instruments and components on the Hubble space telescope

2010-11-29T15:49:46Z

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Dying Star's Last Breath Frozen in Hubble Photo

2010-10-19T10:15:13Z

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Conspiracy Debunked: NASA Photoshops Images for Good Reason

2010-11-02T14:13:01Z

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Historic Space Missions

2010-11-02T18:24:46Z

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Hubble Space Telescope Facts

2010-11-02T18:25:12Z

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Weighing the Costs & Benefits of the Hubble Space Telescope

2010-10-11T21:12:58Z

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People of the Hubble Space Telescope

2010-09-29T21:28:01Z

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Space Photos This Week

2010-09-23T11:11:30Z

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What is the Hubble Space Telescope?

2010-11-05T10:01:11Z

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over 500 hits from space debris

2010-11-02T13:11:11Z

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Nothing But the Facts About the Hubble Space Telescope

2010-11-02T15:50:33Z

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Role of Computers in the Advancement of Space Research

2010-11-02T15:49:33Z

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Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System

2010-11-02T15:08:10Z

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Realizing What The Hubble Telescope Is For

2010-09-09T08:26:58Z

The Hubble Space Telescope is "probably the most sophisticated scientific satellite ever built," however, although the options that were opted to be the main function of the Hubble telescope was indeed regal for the sake of the development of modern science and astronomy, problems arose during the process of applying the said gadget into actual use. It was not at all expected much that the photos to be taken by the said telescope for further studies about space would be lost and end up to not...

Science at the Top of the News for May 24-28

2010-11-03T09:04:03Z

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James Webb Telescope to Replace the Hubble Telescope

2010-10-27T08:35:26Z

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'Tantalizing Evidence' of Distant Galaxies

2010-11-03T09:03:38Z

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#100: Hubble's New Mind-Blowing 'Scopes

2010-11-02T13:37:57Z

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Fixed-up Hubble telescope spots distant stardust

2010-04-16T10:25:19Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The freshly repaired and outfitted Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a new butterfly-shaped galaxy and wisps of stardust containing the elements of life being recycled into new galaxies, NASA said on Wednesday.

The space agency released the first batch of images from the orbiting...

Atlantis Astronauts Hope to Land Saturday

2010-10-26T20:54:09Z

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Atlantis shuttle return to Earth delayed - again

2010-04-16T12:09:22Z

NASA on Saturday further delayed the return to Earth of the space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-man crew because of poor weather.

Attempts to land the shuttle, following a successful mission to repair the Hubble telescope, had to be completely abandoned on Friday because of inclement conditio...

Hubble Telescope takes center stage

2010-10-21T10:53:21Z

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Atlantis to return to Earth Saturday at earliest: NASA

2010-04-16T12:10:19Z

Bad weather forced the US space agency to put off until Saturday at the earliest the return to Earth of the space shuttle Atlantis after its mission to repair the Hubble telescope.

After an initial delay for Friday and then a cancellation, ...

Atlantis return delayed until Saturday

2010-04-16T12:10:23Z

Bad weather forced the US space agency to put off until Saturday at the earliest the return to Earth of the space shuttle Atlantis after its mission to repair the Hubble telescope.

After an initial delay for Friday and then a cancellation, ...

Bad weather delays astronauts' return to Earth

2010-04-16T12:10:37Z

NASA delayed the return of the space shuttle Atlantis to Earth Friday due to bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The US space agency retargeted touchdown for a second landing opportunity at 11:39 am (1539 GMT) but poor weath...

Bad weather forces space shuttle to delay landing

2010-04-16T12:10:48Z

NASA said it had delayed the return of the space shuttle Atlantis to Earth Friday due to bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Atlantis, which blasted off on May 11 with a crew of seven astronauts on mission to repair the space shuttle Atlantis crew raced toward a risky high-orbit rendezvous with the Hubble telescope on Wednesday despite damage found on the underside of their craft.

The shuttle is scheduled to grapple the telescope with its robotic arm at 1654 GMT, 340 miles (547 kilometers) above the northeastern coast of

NASA downplays shuttle damage, eyes Hubble meet

2010-04-16T12:21:07Z

The space shuttle Atlantis crew raced toward a risky high-orbit rendezvous with the Hubble telescope despite damage found on the underside of their craft.

During a marathon 10-hour survey of fragile heat shielding, the seven-member Atlantis crew found a string of gouges stretching 53 centimeters (21 inches) across four heatshield ti...

Space Junk Raises Risks for Hubble Repair Mission

2010-11-03T09:02:58Z

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Weather Looks Good for Monday Space Shuttle Launch

2010-10-26T20:54:08Z

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NASA downplays shuttle damage, spies Hubble meet

2010-04-16T12:21:16Z

NASA was assessing damage found on the underside of the shuttle Atlantis, but downplayed any threat to the astronauts or their mission as the craft raced toward a risky high-orbit rendezvous with the Hubble telescope.

During a marathon 10-hour survey of fragile heat shielding, the seven membe...

NASA inspects impact damage to shuttle wing

2010-04-16T12:21:30Z

NASA scientists were Tuesday assessing damage found on the underside of the Atlantis space shuttle, as it raced towards a risky space rendezvous with the Hubble telescope.

During a marathon 10-hour survey of fragile heatshielding on Tuesday, the seven-strong Atlantis crew found some damage to ...

Shuttle crew chases Hubble, inspects heat shielding

2010-04-16T12:21:47Z

The shuttle Atlantis raced after the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope Tuesday, while the seven astronauts aboard the spacecraft examined fragile external heat shielding for evidence of critical damage from launch debris.

One day after lifting off from NASA's Kennedy ...

Basketballs launching on space shuttle mission

2010-04-16T12:23:31Z

Basketballs launching aboard space shuttle Atlantis to Hubble Telescope, both balls flat

The Harlem Globetrotters will soon have a presence way above the globe.

Space shuttle Atlantis will carry a pair of basketballs when it rockets away ...

Weather improving for Monday launch to Hubble

2010-04-16T12:23:43Z

Weather improving for NASA's Monday launch of space shuttle Atlantis to Hubble Telescope

The weather is looking up for Monday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis to the Hubble Space Telescope.

On Sunday, forecasters put the odds of acceptable conditions at 90 percent, ab...

Shuttle Atlantis set for Hubble launch Monday

2010-10-21T10:52:59Z

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What the Elbow?

2010-10-26T20:33:38Z

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Hubble Huggers Ecstatic for Telescope's Facelift

2010-10-26T20:28:05Z

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In lucky break, no damage from dropped socket

2010-10-21T10:52:20Z

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Rescue shuttle prepped for trip to launch pad

2010-10-21T10:51:49Z

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Major upsets in space mission competition

2010-10-21T10:13:50Z

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Hubble Repair Mission Set for May 12, 2009

2010-10-26T20:54:03Z

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NASA sets May date for Hubble telescope repairs

2010-04-16T13:58:41Z

Space agency aims for May 12 launch of space shuttle to refurbish, upgrade Hubble telescope

NASA has set a May date for its space shuttle mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope for a final time.

The space agency Thursday announced that it is aiming to launch the shuttle ...

Spacewatch

2010-04-16T14:44:28Z

As it did for a brief spell in May, the International Space Station (ISS) is to make visible passes throughout the night later this week as it skims just above the Earth's shadow over southern England. For the next two nights, though, we see it only in the mornings, sometimes emerging from the shadow in the directions flagged by asterisks in ou...

Hubble out of trouble

2010-04-16T12:37:28Z

After being out of action for most of the month, Nasa has now rebooted the Hubble Space Telescope and got back to taking snaps of the universe. The first image to be released was taken just...

Sky-high tech Nasa engineers try to reboot Hubble telescope

2010-04-16T16:34:24Z

Nasa engineers will try today to reboot the $2bn (&amp;pound;1.1bn) Hubble Space Telescope, which has been out of commission for a fortnight after a computer failure. The monitoring staff will attempt to send commands to the craft, orbiting 300 miles above the Earth, to switch on a back-up computer which has not been activated since th...

NASA to reboot Hubble Space Telescope

2010-10-21T10:12:00Z

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NASA Moves Up November Shuttle Launch

2010-10-26T20:54:00Z

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Backup shuttle for Hubble mission moved to launch pad

2010-10-21T10:11:29Z

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The Hubble Telescope Pictures Space Through Time

2010-09-09T08:27:12Z

It has been seventeen years since the launch of the Hubble Telescope. The cost to the United States and the European Union was originally projected at about 500 million dollars. The program's costs are now estimated to be over 5 billion dollars. The Hubble's costs were criticized prior to its launch and the early problems with the telescope's imaging system further hurt the public's initial perception of the project.

However, the problems of the Hubble mission have long been...

Starry Night

2010-12-01T11:32:07Z

This photo provided by NASA, taken in 2006 by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cluster of diverse galaxies. A new study led by a Yale University astronomer looks at elliptical galaxies, such as the bright one in the top middle of this 2006 Hubble Space Telescope photograph, and finds they have far more stars than initi...

One Way to Mars

2010-11-15T15:33:10Z

FILE - This undated file photo taken by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope shows the planet Mars. Two scientists are proposing we send volunteers to Mars and leave them there. They say the mission would mark the beginning of long-term human colonization of Mars, with numerous follow-up trips. The colleagues contend one-way miss...

Shuttle Hubble

2010-04-07T05:46:53Z

Before sunrise, crew members prepare a NASA 747 with the space shuttle Atlantis as it prepares to depart the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, space shuttle Atlantis comes in for a landing at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., at the conclusion of mission STS-125 to repair the NASA, STS-125 mission specialist astronaut Michael Good participates in the mission's fourth spacewalk to repair the Hubble Space Telescope May 17, 2009 in Space. The space shuttle Atlantis' mission is to overha...