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(AP) -- Sometimes all the high-tech training is nothing compared to what Uncle Frank and a big screwdriver can teach an astronaut about removing stubborn parts, even 350 miles above Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news162054205.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 May 2009 16:04:01 EST news162054205 (AP) -- Astronauts are conserving power on the space shuttle Atlantis because bad weather in Florida may keep them in orbit longer than planned. http://www.physorg.com/news162045649.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 May 2009 13:41:15 EST news162045649 (AP) -- After five grueling spacewalks to fix the Hubble Space Telescope, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis gets a day off. http://www.physorg.com/news162016566.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 May 2009 05:37:37 EST news162016566 (AP) -- A rejuvenated Hubble Space Telescope, more powerful than ever, departed the space shuttle Tuesday and sailed off for new discoveries. http://www.physorg.com/news161970694.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 16:52:10 EST news161970694 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Hubble Space Telescope has been with us for nearly two decades. In that time, its breathtaking images have captured people`s imaginations and its groundbreaking science has revealed some of the many secrets of our universe. http://www.physorg.com/news161960925.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 14:15:16 EST news161960925 (AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts tenderly dropped the Hubble Space Telescope overboard Tuesday, sending the restored observatory off on a new voyage of discovery and bidding it farewell on behalf of the planet. http://www.physorg.com/news161937231.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 09:52:22 EST news161937231 (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts completed repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope on Monday, leaving it more powerful than ever and able to peer even deeper into the cosmos - almost to the brink of creation. The last humans to lay hands on Hubble outfitted the observatory with another set of fresh batteries, a new sensor for precise pointing and protective covers. That equipment, along with other improvements made over the last five days, should allow the telescope to provide dazzling views of the universe for another five to 10 years. http://www.physorg.com/news161869745.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 May 2009 16:16:19 EST news161869745 (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Monday to finish repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope, never to be touched by human hands again. http://www.physorg.com/news161846037.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 May 2009 09:33:48 EST news161846037 (AP) -- Spacewalkers' specially designed tools couldn't dislodge a balky bolt interfering with repairs Sunday at the Hubble Space Telescope, so they took an approach more familiar to people puttering around down on Earth: use brute force. http://www.physorg.com/news161786489.html Space & Earth Sun, 17 May 2009 13:43:35 EST news161786489 US astronauts on Sunday will undertake a fourth in a series of five daily spacewalks intended to equip the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope for at least another five years of valuable scientific work. http://www.physorg.com/news161749636.html Space & Earth Sun, 17 May 2009 03:29:38 EST news161749636 (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope a better view of the cosmos by installing a new high-tech instrument Saturday, then pulled off their toughest job yet: fixing a broken camera. http://www.physorg.com/news161688349.html Space & Earth Sat, 16 May 2009 10:26:10 EST news161688349 (AP) -- Astronauts are getting ready for what could be the most complex spacewalking of their mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.physorg.com/news161676348.html Space & Earth Sat, 16 May 2009 07:06:01 EST news161676348 (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts had to put a refurbished pair of gyroscopes into the Hubble Space Telescope after a brand new set refused to go in Friday, but scientists were satisfied nonetheless and confident the observatory would point precisely to ever more distant objects in the cosmos. http://www.physorg.com/news161629096.html Space & Earth Fri, 15 May 2009 17:58:36 EST news161629096 (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts had to install a refurbished pair of gyroscopes in the Hubble Space Telescope on Friday after one of the brand new ones refused to go in. http://www.physorg.com/news161615664.html Space & Earth Fri, 15 May 2009 14:15:12 EST news161615664 (AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts headed out for another spacewalk Friday, this time to give the Hubble Space Telescope some new, badly needed gyroscopes and batteries. http://www.physorg.com/news161599095.html Space & Earth Fri, 15 May 2009 09:38:41 EST news161599095 Spacewalking astronauts upgraded the Hubble telescope for the first time in seven years, equipping the 19-year-old stargazer with a powerful new camera and science computer. http://www.physorg.com/news161595879.html Space & Earth Fri, 15 May 2009 08:45:23 EST news161595879 (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts are about to tackle NASA's No. 1 priority in fixing the Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.physorg.com/news161583168.html Space & Earth Fri, 15 May 2009 05:13:14 EST news161583168 A supermassive black hole may be responsible for the glowing appearance of galaxy 3C 305, located about 600 million light years away in the constellation Draco. Composite data from NASA`s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes suggests that the black hole may be interacting with interstellar gas and emitting X-rays. Or, bright radiation from regions near the black hole may infuse energy into the gas that makes it glow. http://www.physorg.com/news161533193.html Space & Earth Thu, 14 May 2009 15:20:45 EST news161533193 (AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step to making the observatory better than ever. http://www.physorg.com/news161526656.html Space & Earth Thu, 14 May 2009 13:31:27 EST news161526656 A small piece of debris from China's 2007 anti-satellite test passed by the space shuttle Atlantis, but not close enough to require an evasive maneuver, NASA said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news161507567.html Space & Earth Thu, 14 May 2009 08:13:08 EST news161507567 (AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts stepped outside Thursday to begin demanding repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope, a job made all the more dangerous because of the high, debris-ridden orbit. http://www.physorg.com/news161505663.html Space & Earth Thu, 14 May 2009 07:43:28 EST news161505663 (AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts grabbed the Hubble Space Telescope on Wednesday, then quickly set their sights on the difficult, dangerous and unprecedented spacewalking repairs they will attempt over the next five days. http://www.physorg.com/news161441807.html Space & Earth Wed, 13 May 2009 13:57:14 EST news161441807 (AP) -- Shuttle Atlantis and its crew moved toward the Hubble Space Telescope for a 350-mile-high grab Wednesday that will set the stage for five days of treacherous spacewalking repairs in an orbit littered with space junk. http://www.physorg.com/news161409855.html Space & Earth Wed, 13 May 2009 12:43:00 EST news161409855 (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis is now in a rough orbital neighborhood - a place littered with thousands of pieces of space junk zipping around the Earth at nearly 20,000 mph. There are more pieces of shattered satellites and used-up rockets in this region than astronauts have ever encountered. And the crew must be there for more than a week to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. As soon as the job is complete, the shuttle will scamper to safety. http://www.physorg.com/news161367372.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 May 2009 17:16:37 EST news161367372 (AP) -- The Atlantis astronauts uncovered a 21-inch stretch of nicks on their space shuttle Tuesday, but NASA said the damage did not appear to be serious. http://www.physorg.com/news161364106.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 May 2009 16:22:42 EST news161364106 (AP) -- Shuttle Atlantis is racing after the Hubble Space Telescope a day after taking off on a daring repair mission. http://www.physorg.com/news161329953.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 May 2009 06:52:44 EST news161329953 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical camera, which was developed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., a planetary nebula has been imaged as the camera's final "pretty picture." http://www.physorg.com/news161276661.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 May 2009 16:04:51 EST news161276661 (PhysOrg.com) -- First motion is almost always a big event in the world of space exploration. Whether the first motion is of a wheel beginning to rotate or a rocket lifting off the pad, first motion means things are definitely changing. On day four of the upcoming shuttle servicing mission of the Hubble Space Telescope, there will be another such significant first motion. It will begin when a bolt that has been frozen in place for a decade and a half completes its 20th counterclockwise rotation. http://www.physorg.com/news161276505.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 May 2009 16:02:16 EST news161276505 (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on an extraordinarily ambitious repair mission that NASA hopes will lift the celebrated observatory to new scientific heights. http://www.physorg.com/news161272307.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 May 2009 14:52:06 EST news161272307 (AP) -- Astronauts strapped into space shuttle Atlantis on Monday for one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, an extraordinarily ambitious mission that NASA hopes will lift the celebrated observatory to new scientific heights. http://www.physorg.com/news161243895.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 May 2009 10:57:13 EST news161243895