William Atkins
Thursday, 10 September 2009 19:39
Science -
Space
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NASA announced that the recently repaired and serviced Hubble Space Telescope is back to taking amazing pictures of the universe. Called "the people's telescope," Hubble is "significantly more powerful than ever."
The September 8, 2009 NASA media release “
Spectacular First Images from the Rejuvenated Hubble Space Telescope” states that Hubble has been fully refurbished after the recent NASA STS-125 “Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4.”
Upon the news of the improved Hubble, Ed Weiler, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, stated,
“This marks a new beginning for Hubble. The telescope was given an extreme makeover and now is significantly more powerful than ever, well-equipped to last into the next decade."
Senator Mikulski, whose home state is the ground control center for the Hubble Space Telescope--the Space Telescope Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland)--spoke at the unveiling ceremony for the newly refurbished Hubble, which occurred at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Mikulski stated,
"I fought for the Hubble repair mission because Hubble is the people's telescope.”
She added,
“I also fought for Hubble because it constantly rewrites the science textbooks. It has more discoveries than any other science mission. Hubble is our greatest example of our astronauts working together with scientists to show American leadership and ingenuity."
Ms. Mikulski concluded with,
"I want to salute Team Hubble -- everyone who worked on Hubble from the Goddard Space Flight Center and Space Telescope Science Institute scientists in Maryland, to the ground crew at the Kennedy Space Center, to the Johnson Space Center where the astronauts train, and to the astronauts who were heroes in space.”
Page two contains the website that shows these amazing images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
