HST Emergency Mission Set
NASA has approved a plan to launch an emergency shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope in September or October to replace its six stabilization gyros. Hubble needs at least three gyros to maintain science operations. Two of its current gyros have already failed, and a third is likely to fail...
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