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NASA Plans Daring Hubble Fix

Unprecedented spacewalk will make for spiffier 'scope

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 9, 2008 12:42 PM CST

(Newser) – Astronauts will save—and drastically upgrade—the Hubble Space Telescope in an unprecedented mission this year, NewScientist Space reports. The mission will make the Hubble 90 times more powerful than it originally was, but will require spacewalkers to complete a delicate electronics repair job in... Read full story »

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