Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered 03: Hubble Servicing Delayed (Part 2). On September 27, 2008, NASA was two weeks away from a space shuttle mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope. That night, Hubble suffered an electronics failure and went into its protective safe mode. The servicing mission was soon put on hold as engineers scrambled to diagnose the problem and activate hardware that had not been used in eighteen years. Managers also had to consider whether the failure left Hubble without a backup for a critical system. Now, a month later, Hubble’s vision has been restored, and the servicing mission, while delayed, has been expanded to include a complete fix for the problems encountered. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — * The next servicing mission to Hubble is commonly referred to as Servicing Mission 4, or SM4. It will be, however, the fifth servicing mission to Hubble. The third servicing mission was split into two pieces: SM3a occurred in 1999, while SM3b took place in 2002. The numbering of the servicing missions has stuck with the original plans, and was not updated to reflect the true count of the missions. * In contrast with Hubble’s low Earth orbit of about 600 km above the planet’s surface, most communications satellites reside much higher in the sky. Communications satellites are generally in geosynchronous orbits, an orbit where the orbital period matches Earth’s rotational period …
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Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered 03: Hubble Servicing Delayed (Part 1). On September 27, 2008, NASA was two weeks away from a space shuttle mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope. That night, Hubble suffered an electronics failure and went into its protective safe mode. The servicing mission was soon put on hold as engineers scrambled to diagnose the problem and activate hardware that had not been used in eighteen years. Managers also had to consider whether the failure left Hubble without a backup for a critical system. Now, a month later, Hubble’s vision has been restored, and the servicing mission, while delayed, has been expanded to include a complete fix for the problems encountered. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — * The next servicing mission to Hubble is commonly referred to as Servicing Mission 4, or SM4. It will be, however, the fifth servicing mission to Hubble. The third servicing mission was split into two pieces: SM3a occurred in 1999, while SM3b took place in 2002. The numbering of the servicing missions has stuck with the original plans, and was not updated to reflect the true count of the missions. * In contrast with Hubble’s low Earth orbit of about 600 km above the planet’s surface, most communications satellites reside much higher in the sky. Communications satellites are generally in geosynchronous orbits, an orbit where the orbital period matches Earth’s rotational period …
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Hubblecast 28: The fifth and final Hubble servicing mission. Shuttle astronauts will visit the Hubble Space Telescope for the final time in May 2009. In five bold and daring spacewalks, they will upgrade Hubble’s instruments allowing it to continue making remarkable scientific discoveries well into the next decade. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Credits: • ESA/Hubble (Martin Kornmesser, Lars Lindberg Christensen, Colleen Sharkey) • Visual design: Martin Kornmesser • Animations: Martin Kornmesser • Host: Dr. J • Narration: Gaitee Hussain • Cinematography: Peter Rixner • Music: movetwo • Web Hosting: Leibniz Rechenzentrum (LRZ) •Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida • Music: movetwo • Additional photos and footage: NASA • Written by: Chris Lawton & Lars Lindberg Christensen • Directed by: Lars Lindberg Christensen & Colleen Sharkey Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.eso.org • http • hubblesite.org .
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The Hubble Space Telescope: a conduit to the cosmos from which we spring. On September 9, NASA released the first calibrated images from the Hubble Space Telescope after the Servicing Mission 4. This video shows the impressive improvements on the telescope’s optics.
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The Hubble Space Telescope Is Back – Better Than Ever! The Final Servicing Mission. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — “The Hubble Space Telescope – Rebirth of an Icon (Hubblecast 30)” • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com [HD] “When Hubble Opened its New Eyes” • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com [HD] [3 links removed after receiving threatening PM from TD] — The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that …
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The Hubble Space Telescope Is Back – Better Than Ever! The Final Servicing Mission. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — “The Hubble Space Telescope – Rebirth of an Icon (Hubblecast 30)” • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com [HD] “When Hubble Opened its New Eyes” • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com [HD] “Improved Hubble Space Telescope Shows Evidence of Dark Matter” • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com [HD] — The Hubble …
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The Hubble Space Telescope: a conduit to the cosmos from which we spring. On September 9, NASA released the first calibrated images from the Hubble Space Telescope after the Servicing Mission 4. This video shows the impressive improvements on the telescope’s optics.
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SLIC – Unsung Hero Hubble Servicing Mission 4 SM STS-125
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Space shuttle Atlantis’s STS-125 mission targeted for launch May 12. … NASA SM4 Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission STS 125 Shuttle Rollout Science Instrument Again KSC March 2009 Kennedy Center Equipment Carrier VBA payload processing facility 03/31HD
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Astronomy videos: www.atheism-magazine.com The fifth and final Hubble servicing mission – Hubblecast 28 (HD) Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com Shuttle astronauts will visit the Hubble Space Telescope for the final time in May 2009. In five bold and daring spacewalks, they will upgrade Hubble’s instruments allowing it to continue making remarkable scientific discoveries well into the next decade. Credits: • ESA/Hubble (Martin Kornmesser, Lars …
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