NASA said Monday it is delaying its mission to the Hubble Space Telescope until next year because of a serious breakdown of the observatory in orbit.
Space shuttle Atlantis had been scheduled to blast off in just two weeks, but a new and unexpected problem with the Hubble appeared on Saturday night when the telescope stopped sending science data.
That potentially means a new repair issue for the astronauts to confront — one that they haven’t trained for and never anticipated.
NASA delays Hubble mission until next year
Monday, September 29, 2008 around 3 pm mountain time
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