Hubble Back In Its Own Orbit

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston — The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis released the Hubble Space Telescope early May 19, dropping it off the robotic arm with a full set of functional instruments for the first time since it was launched. “Hubble has been released,” Atlantis Commander Scott Altman...

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