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WISE Is Chilling Out

Nov 11, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers are busy cooling the science instrument on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The spacecraft is scheduled to blast into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base in ...

Mars Orbiter Puts Itself in Safe Mode Again

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter put itself into a safe mode Wednesday morning, Aug. 26, for the fourth time this year, while maintaining spacecraft health and communications. While in safe ...

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Coming Together

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 20, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The science instrument for NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has been shipped to Boulder, Colo., for a planned launch in November.

Astronaut recalled Uncle Frank during Hubble fix

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 20, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 3

(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.

Astronauts finish work on inside of Hubble (AP)

Astronauts finish repairs on Hubble space telescope

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 18, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 2

(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. ...

Astronauts trying to revive Hubble spectrograph (AP)

Stuck bolt, dead battery bedevil Hubble repairs

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 17, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (9) | 9

(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 ...

Spacewalkers pull off toughest Hubble repairs yet

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 3

(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.

John Grunsfeld replaces the Wide Field Planetary Camera-2

Spacewalkers equip Hubble with new computer

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 15, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

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.

Astronauts hook up new camera for Hubble (AP)

Let there be light: Camera hooked up for Hubble

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (9) | 7

(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 ...

Dust Cover Jettisoned From NASA's Kepler Telescope

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers have successfully ejected the dust cover from NASA's Kepler telescope, a spaceborne mission soon to begin searching for worlds like Earth.