30 years ago, on the very early morning of Dec. 2, 1993, the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the STS-61 crew launched on a high-stakes mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. 30 years after the successful flight, which enabled Hubble to finally fulfill its promise to revolutionize our view of the Universe, the veteran observatory is still making new discoveries and may get a new lease on life deeper into the 21st century.
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One of the most iconic launch sites in the world, Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space…
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There are two words that most people never want to hear at a rocket launch,…
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30 years after Intelsat VI rescue, Northrop Grumman aims to make in-space servicing a permanent reality
On 7 May 1992, Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off on her first voyage at 23:40…
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When the Axiom-1 mission lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center early next year, it…
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April 14, 1981. The orbiter Columbia rested on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base,…
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Teams evaluate Hubble safe mode event, history of telescope leads to JWST
by Adrian BeilThirty-one years after its launch, and 12 years after its most-recent servicing mission, the NASA/…
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From Apollo to multi-user, the changing yet similar nature of Launch Complex 39
by Ryan WeberAs the Artemis 1 SLS vehicle prepares to take its place on LC-39B later this…
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Shuttle firing room veterans preparing to help launch Artemis 1
by Philip SlossThe final mission in the Space Shuttle Program, STS-135, was launched ten years ago on…
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Ten years on, Northrop Grumman reflects on changes to Solid Rocket Motors from Shuttle to SLS era
Ten years ago, on 8 July 2011, two, four-segment Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) came to…
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Today, Roscosmos is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Vostok-1 mission, which launched Yuri Gagarin…
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Hubble returned to operational service, showcases exoplanet’s second atmosphere
The Hubble Space Telescope recently garnered headlines for a software anomaly that caused the iconic…
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MDA into Canadarm3 development as commercial space robotic needs merge
From its first flight in November 1981, to the on-going evolution of the technology to…
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On Saturday, May 30, Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken became the first astronauts to launch…
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Doug Loverro has resigned as Associate Administrator of NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission…
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NASA, SpaceX enters the critical month of May on track to end the gap
by Joseph NavinWith the news SpaceX completed the 27th and the final test of the upgraded Mark-3…
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NASA and ESA have concluded a series of four spacewalks to repair the Station’s Alpha…
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In a major milestone for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), all four RS-25 engines –…
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45th Space Wing/Air Force discuss polar launch corridor from Florida
When it was quietly announced in December 2017 that U.S. Space Command and the 45th…
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Coming 20 years after the x-ray telescope’s launch, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory has greatly aided…