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New instruments, upgrades, for the Hubble space telescope

MAY 11, 2009
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The Washington Post : With all systems go for a 2:01 p.m. launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, a key fact keeps popping up: The Hubble is not a single instrument. It’s an agglomeration of instruments. It’s a big, cavernous spacecraft capable of housing an ensemble of devices.
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