Debris Precautions Set For Hubble Mission
The space shuttle Atlantis will drop to a lower orbit as soon as it releases the Hubble Space Telescope to reduce the risk from orbital debris on the upcoming mission to service the orbiting observatory. NASA estimates the risk of a catastrophic debris hit at the 350-mile altitude where the Atlantis...
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