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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Manned Spaceflight _ STS-125 Hubble Space Telescope Repair

Posted by: PhilCo126 Dec 19 2007, 02:39 PM

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced that the International Year of Astronomy 2009 logo will fly on the upcoming NASA Space Shuttle STS-125 to service the Hubble Space Telescope. The logo will be on a small patch attached to the outside of a carrier for the Wide Field Camera.

More at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-125/ndxpage1.html
and
http://www.iau.org/

Posted by: NMRguy Dec 19 2007, 06:02 PM

The New York Times had a nice overview of Hubble and the future repair mission for anyone interested. The ACS Repair also seems to be in the works.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/science/space/04hubb.html?_r=1&oref=slogin